Brother HL-L2405W Wireless Compact Monochrome Laser Printer with Mobile Printing, Black & White Output | Includes Refresh Subscription Trial(1), Works with Alexa

4/17/25 Update: After a few months of use, the printer went into Deep Sleep and when it came out, my EERO 6 had blown it away. After several tries to reconnect it, I reset EERO power and was then able to re-connect to it. I then contacted Brother support and found that(A) Deep Sleep can not be disabled. Tech also sent me a link on "using dual band and Mesh networks". Found that(B) Brother doesn't do 5gHz AT ALL.(C) suggests that you use only SSID's that are 2.4 gHz ONLY.(D) They also say in the note that they "have no way of stabilizing their (apparently all Brother devices) wireless connection with EERO routers" and recommend using another. brand. BUMMER...My fiber service supplies only EERO's. I was on its duel band login but I had them set up a second login that is 2.4gHz ONLY. If this happens again, I will reconnect to that one. If that doesn't work reliably, there are cheap portable devices that will log into EERO's WIFI and then set up their own WIFI network (as a totally different login) I can connect the Brother to. Maybe that will work.Got a LOT OF PAPERWORK with this printer. Cards about phone apps etc. 3 different warranty sheets. I’ve set up a lot of printers over the years so I had faith that if I could connect it to my WIFI network I’d be done. The quick connect instructions (down loading the software as shown to the PC) had several options. The all wireless approach asked for a user and password. I tried several and couldn’t get it to work. My second try was using a USB cable. That worked great. The printer logged onto my WIFI. Green light came on steady. At least for the initial connection, It’s critical that you follow the instructions and RESTART both your computer and the printer. Power them both completely down. Then power up. The printer logged onto my router and when I looked for the printer on my MacBook Air, the printer was there and showing green idle. I also tried “add a printer” and it did so. I deleted the second one. It printed great. My IPhone also found it (both were logged into my wifi) and it printed from my lPhone. My wife’s WIN11 laptop also connected as expected. It’s not clear if this printer uses a chip in the toner cartridge. Some 3rd party toners say they have them. Loaded the Brother Connect app. Looks like it’s an alternative to using the PC & web site to initially install the printer. Would be good If I didn’t have a PC. Updated the printer’s firmware. Registered it and changed the password. It displays the toner level. Seems to be useful in that it accesses my iCloud files and I can print them from the app - all on my iPhone. However, it’s got lots of ads and IMHO is over-complicated to set up. But, today, more and more people have only a smart phone (no PC) so the app takes care of them well. The toner meter shows its full. If it’s correct, it means Brother included a standard toner cartridge, not one with just a little in it like most other printer manufacturers do.

This is the first laser printer that I have purchased and I wish I had bought one sooner! All of the other home printers I have used were injet printers that would dry up with infrequent use and were expensive to constantly replace the cartridges! This printer's toner cartidge should last me a while before requiring a replacement. Setup was very simple. I downloaded the Brother app and was able to connect to my WiFi network through the app and setup the printer in minutes! I highly recommend using the Brother App to connect to WiFi instead of trying to manually type in the password. It will save you a lot of time and it will also allow the printer to update the firmware at the same time! I mostly prink in black and white anyway so not having a color printer doesn't really affect me. This is an excellent printer for home or home office use.

Great in every way, functions as a black & white printer for larger volume jobs with a large ink cartridge (3000 copies they say but I didn't count). The only drawback is that you cannot print 2 sided copies from the print options (my other one has this option) so it's 2 papers or more, or you would have to manually flip over the printed page to print on the other side. That's the only thing that I don't like. It is compact for home use, is easy to use and easy to connect to my wireless internet. Good value for the price of $99

I had trouble setting up the wireless, but I am not computer savvy. I do use it with the printer cord, which does have to be purchased. A laser jet printer is the way to go! Hundreds of prints per cartridge without clogged in-jet cartridges! I have owned other Brother laser printers and would buy them again. This one does come with a printer cartridge, which I didn't see in the write up, but it does.

When my Brother printer recently died this spring, and the model became outdated, I ordered this Brother printer from Amazon. This is amazing and is easy to install. You just have to type in your router's network and password every time you have to set it up. And straight from the app, you can print it from anywhere wireless. And it comes with a fresh new drum of toner and ink to get you started. It performs real well and prints in an instant. I would recommend this product for your office needs.

I am so happy with this printer. It seems like printers are always hard to set up and then never work properly. This was the easiest set up ever, the instructions walked me right through it. It works great and I've never had the paper jam. Highly recommend.

Came with printer ink. Easy setup. Has the capability for wired printing but didn't come with USB cable. Most folks have one sitting in a drawer somewhere anyways. Hooked it up via wifi, password was a pain without too many buttons. Hope your password is short but was easy other than that. Great buy.

The Good: Brother printers are highly reliable. This is our 3rd over many years.The Bad: Text entry on this device for the wifi password is -difficult-. It probably won't work on your first, second or third try. Then you have about 2 seconds to do an arrow press once you get that password entered and if you're too slow, gotta do it all over again. DuMb. The firmware update will -not- install. I tried with the Brother Mobile Connect and after 45 minutes, TWICE, the update does not succeed. I tried the Firmware Update Tool with a Win. 11 laptop. It gets to 90% and fails. Happened TWICE. Support has no further ideas. They said the update isn't critical so, I'm skipping it. Brother really needs to fix the firmware update process. Plan to set aside a half day to set up this printer.