My Brother (3300W IIRC) suddenly died few years ago. It didn’t give any warnings, just suddenly stopped working. It was easy to use with Linux, way better than the Pantum I now use
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I was thinking of that, but did not find a way to turn on the printer.
However, it may work with a networked printer, which basically turns itself on when receives a print job.
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But is it eating electric in standby mode, even a few cents ?
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Hi Rosika,
It says it is linux compatable, and there are drivers on the Brother site.
Looks OK to me
Regards
Neville
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Wow - great price… I’m still astounded how “commodified” things like Laser printers are these days…
My first Brother Laser - purchased in the mid 1990’s was nearly $1000 (AUD) that’s the one my missus melted overhead transparencies inside - even though I warned her well before - “you need to use photocopier compatible transparencies”…
1994 Brother HL-630
That printer model (HL-L2400DW) is only $159 AUD at a local office supplies chain…
One thing you should research - before purchasing - the cost of toner cartridges - and - whether they’re “generic” across a range of Brother’s laser printers…
Just looked up the toner cartridge details :
- It’s compatible with MFC-L2880DWXL/, MFC-L2880DW, MFC-L2820DW, MFC-L2800DW, HL-L2480DW, HL-L2460DWXL, HL-L2460DW and HL-L2400DW printers.
So that’s a bunch of different devices - that’s a good thing…
My Brother colour laser MFC uses toner carts that are also for a bunch of other Brother devices… And - they’re considerably cheaper to buy than HP ones… HP changes their internals and cartridge formats frequently - another reason I’d never get another HP.
Having used dot matrix, inkjet and laser printers in the past - and - when I did desktop support - supporting printers - I’d always recommend Laser over anything else… Less moving parts for a start - and toner overall, seems cheaper than ink, i.e. a toner cart is more expensive than an ink cart - but - overall it will print 3-4-5 (or more) times as many jobs - and usually doesn’t get clogged up…
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Wow! That toner cartridge TN2530XL is nearly as much as the actual printer! But - still reasonably priced IMHO.
Australia OfficeWorks :
- Brother HL-L2400DW : $159.00 (AUD)
- Brother TN2530XL Toner Cartridge Black : $150.00 (AUD)
the estimate is 3000 pages (for the toner cart)… not too shabby…
That’s still a lot better than my experience with a Samsung Colour Laser… The printer was about $500… it shipped with only 1/3 full toner carts… A full set of toner carts was over $1000…
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Hi again and thanks to all for your latest replies, 
@ihasama :
Oh dear. That´s rather unfortunate. So sorry to hear that. But thanks a lot for letting me know.
Hmm, that makes me wonder if I should get a Brother device. 
The same with me. I have to turn on the printer manually. I could let it remain in standby, but for the very few printing jobs I have I don´t think it´s worth it.
Probably yes. I think so as well.
@nevj :
Thanks for providing your opinion, Neville.
But @ihasama had bad luck with his Brother printer (see above). I´m a bit torn now.
Yes, I was actually pleased to see some (hopefully good) laser printer on offer at such a price.
Thanks for thr tip.
On https://www.amazon.de/GREENSKY-TN2510-TN2510XL-DCP-L2627DWE-MFC-L2827DWXL-1-Schwarz/dp/B0DWWC16SD/
I found the GREENSKY toner which should be compatible with the Brother pronter in question. It costs 19.99 Euros. I could get others for 23.99 Euros and more. But I might not need a new toner cartridge for a very long time (if ever 
).
Thanks a lot, Dan.
Great. That´s the way to go for me as well.
Thank you for your evaluation, Dan. You helped a lot. 
Thanks again to all and many greetings from Rosika 
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Dont be torn. Brother is a good brand. I have had a Brother inkjet printer MFC640CW for about 20 years. Never had a problem, not even clogged ink. I run it on non-genuine aftermarket ink cartridges, and I have even used refilled cartridges.
I cant say the same for Canon. I had a Canon ip5000…. it had endless problems with clogged ink. I think Canon may have finer ink jets than Brother. I could drive the Canon from Linux, but control was inferior to that obtained with the Windows drivers.
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@nevj :
Hi Neville,
thanks a lot for providing your experience with your Brother printer.
Well, that sounds very much better. So I might go for a Brother printer after all.
The one that I already looked up at amazon and on the Brother store seems to meet my needs quite nicely. As for toner cartridges: I think that´s O.K. At least I hope so.
The ink cartridges I need for my present printer (HP Deskjet 3050-J611-series) aren´t so cheap either: 26.99 Euros (XL version black & colour) for 480 pages.
Thanks again and many greetings fom Rosika
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Good choice! Every machine dies some day but Brother was an easy to use printer. Much easier than my current one.
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I got aHP LaserJet M452dn. Works with the modern autoinstall seupt for HP’s and its great. It was a donated to where I work and since we don’t sell printers, boss asked w/o arm twising if anybody wanted. 
. It prints dbl sided color. love it.
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