Brother HL-2170w 23ppm Laser Printer with Wireless & Wired Network Interfaces
Rating: 
- Did not work on any of my three computers...very poor customer service
What a disappointment.I was very excited about this printer.A brother laser printer for a hundred bucks? Wow, what a great deal, I thought.I ordered it for printing out labels and shipping invoices for my small business.
I first attempted to set up the printer wirelessly.I followed the directions exactly.No luck.Did not work.
No problem, I thought.I'll just use the USB cable until I have time to troubleshoot the wireless hook up.I set up the printer using the USB cable to my Gateway laptop.Worked great for about a day and then quit working.
No problem, I thought, I'll just hook it up to my Desktop.I again followed the directions exactly, only this time it did not work at all.
I then tried to contact Brother directly, only they were closed.I really would love for this printer to work, and I hate the Idea of returning it.I have been an Amazon customer for years and have ordered hundreds of items and never had a problem.
Alas, if the printer does not work it does not work.What a shame.Now I'm left with the hassle of repacking the printer and shipping it back, not to mention being stuck without a printer with orders to fill.
Overall a disappointment.I see most customers have been happy with theirs, and I truly envy them.Mine though...does not work.
Rating: 
- Excellent Value
Bought this laser printer after growing tired of the endless inkjet replacement cartridge costs.Its a fantastic unit so far I really like it.One tip for wireless setup:download the wireless setup guide from Brother for this unit - its a separate PDF document and its incredibly simple step by step.I am using this printer with two PC laptops (one vista and one XP) and two Macs all wireless no problem.Trust me download the that guide - the directions that come with this printer skip some of the key steps for wireless setup.
Rating: 
- troublesome setup
I bought this printer because it was a good deal, and has both ethernet and wireless network capabilities. The wireless router in use is a Netgear wgr614 v7. It was a little tricky getting first getting the network itself set up. The software package that came with the printer just didn't work. But I fiddled with it for some time, and finally went the manual route and got the router, laptop and printer all wirelessly connected.That done, I then tried again to use the software package that came with the printer to install just the driver for the printer. This time it found everything nicely. So much for "automatic installations"... not errors with testpage attempt but still no print. Finally I uninstalled the whole software package and let Windows XP find the printer and then chose an older generic driver from the the list, Brother HL-P2000. Finally success. I certainly wouldn't call it user friendly to set up. Perhaps it would work a little better with a newer router and laptop IDK. It seems some other had better luck.
Rating: - Great wireless b/w laser printer
The setup was slightly more complicated than I think is necessary but this is otherwise an awesome printer!It prints very fast and begins printing from stand-by very quickly as well.The printed pages are crisp and readable.I am making use of it's built-in wireless networking.The paper tray is also quite large.All around, this printer is awesome and the price is unbeatable.
Rating: 
- Difficult to setup on Mac OS 10.5
I really like this printer - it's compact, very fast and has great quality print outs.The duplex feature is relatively easy to use.However, if you are planning to use this with a Mac running OS 10.5.x, you should be aware that setup can be difficult which is why I only give it 4 stars.I followed all the instructions in the included setup manual and the printer would not work - I got a "printer offline" error every time I tried.I had to modify the printer settings in the Mac CUPS.Here are the instructions for doing this:[...]
- Did not work on any of my three computers...very poor customer serviceWhat a disappointment.I was very excited about this printer.A brother laser printer for a hundred bucks? Wow, what a great deal, I thought.I ordered it for printing out labels and shipping invoices for my small business.
I first attempted to set up the printer wirelessly.I followed the directions exactly.No luck.Did not work.
No problem, I thought.I'll just use the USB cable until I have time to troubleshoot the wireless hook up.I set up the printer using the USB cable to my Gateway laptop.Worked great for about a day and then quit working.
No problem, I thought, I'll just hook it up to my Desktop.I again followed the directions exactly, only this time it did not work at all.
I then tried to contact Brother directly, only they were closed.I really would love for this printer to work, and I hate the Idea of returning it.I have been an Amazon customer for years and have ordered hundreds of items and never had a problem.
Alas, if the printer does not work it does not work.What a shame.Now I'm left with the hassle of repacking the printer and shipping it back, not to mention being stuck without a printer with orders to fill.
Overall a disappointment.I see most customers have been happy with theirs, and I truly envy them.Mine though...does not work.
- Excellent ValueBought this laser printer after growing tired of the endless inkjet replacement cartridge costs.Its a fantastic unit so far I really like it.One tip for wireless setup:download the wireless setup guide from Brother for this unit - its a separate PDF document and its incredibly simple step by step.I am using this printer with two PC laptops (one vista and one XP) and two Macs all wireless no problem.Trust me download the that guide - the directions that come with this printer skip some of the key steps for wireless setup.
- troublesome setupI bought this printer because it was a good deal, and has both ethernet and wireless network capabilities. The wireless router in use is a Netgear wgr614 v7. It was a little tricky getting first getting the network itself set up. The software package that came with the printer just didn't work. But I fiddled with it for some time, and finally went the manual route and got the router, laptop and printer all wirelessly connected.That done, I then tried again to use the software package that came with the printer to install just the driver for the printer. This time it found everything nicely. So much for "automatic installations"... not errors with testpage attempt but still no print. Finally I uninstalled the whole software package and let Windows XP find the printer and then chose an older generic driver from the the list, Brother HL-P2000. Finally success. I certainly wouldn't call it user friendly to set up. Perhaps it would work a little better with a newer router and laptop IDK. It seems some other had better luck.
- Great wireless b/w laser printerThe setup was slightly more complicated than I think is necessary but this is otherwise an awesome printer!It prints very fast and begins printing from stand-by very quickly as well.The printed pages are crisp and readable.I am making use of it's built-in wireless networking.The paper tray is also quite large.All around, this printer is awesome and the price is unbeatable.
- Difficult to setup on Mac OS 10.5I really like this printer - it's compact, very fast and has great quality print outs.The duplex feature is relatively easy to use.However, if you are planning to use this with a Mac running OS 10.5.x, you should be aware that setup can be difficult which is why I only give it 4 stars.I followed all the instructions in the included setup manual and the printer would not work - I got a "printer offline" error every time I tried.I had to modify the printer settings in the Mac CUPS.Here are the instructions for doing this:[...]