Brother MFC-L2820DW XL Wireless Compact Monochrome All-in-One Laser Printer with Copy, Scan and Fax, Duplex, Black & White | Up to 4,200 Pages of Toner Included(1), Works with AlexaEPEAT

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Big Bang for the Buck!I’ve read hundreds of reviews over the years—some helpful, some hilarious. Now it’s my turn.Setup? A little wild. I tried three different computers and got three different adventures. Not the printer’s fault—it was my computers throwing a tech tantrum. Once it connected, everything ran smooth.Now that it's up and running?This Brother MFC-L2820DW is fast, simple, and loaded with great features. Duplex printing, scanning, and wireless? Yes, please.For the price, this thing’s a total win. Would I buy it again? Definitely.Would I help someone else set it up? Sure—if snacks are provided. 😄

Love its features and haven't had a problem with it! It can scan to email or the Brother App, and the printer printed 10 copies faster than I expected. 0 noise. Everything was simple to set up, including connecting it to wifi, which takes a long time for me to do on previous printers I owned.

Nice printer! Especially at the price point I bought it for. Does everything I need, and prints beautifully. Only downside is that it’s a bit noisy, but for the savings and quality I’m good with it. Have used HP for many, many years, but their prices are climbing and they won’t let you use non-HP toner any longer. I refuse to pay $80 for a toner cartridge! Brother allows non-Brother toner cartridges and still works great.

I refunded the this just because my computer system is too old to match the printer. But work perfectly working with my phone apps. Very good quality and fast! Good for small business too!

After years of struggling with inkjets and wasting more ink than I actually used in printing, I finally gave up and bought a toner-based laserjet. Should have done that years ago, but they were so expensive and inkjets were so cheap. Live and learn. I downloaded the EzeSetup as recommended. The printer worked fine printing internal reports and copying, but wouldn't receive print jobs from the wired network, the wireless network, or the USB plugged directly between the printer and the PC. All print jobs showed being sent then changed to "error". Being one who likes to figure things out myself, I kept banging my head against the printer (didn't affect the printer but gave me a headache).Eventually, I saw a link on a Brother support page to a download of the full package for my printer, complete with all drivers, associated software, everything. After I downloaded and installed that package, the set up went flawlessly. Within a few minutes, I was printing and was very happy!!About my only complaint would be the sounds the printer makes to, I guess, let you know it's received your instructions and is processing them. It's easily turned off or turned down through the display screen, though, so it's easily fixed. The printer is quick, reasonably quiet, and turns out great black & white pages; crisp, clear, and easy to read.

The media could not be loaded. Being 74 years old I thought it would be a bit challenging to set up the printer and it was. Required setting up new Brothers account, downloading 2 different apps, connecting to the Wi-Fi, changing the printer password (located on the back of the printer), sorting out the cartridge, and a few more tasks. I almost gave up and thought it had to be returned but took a lunch break, went back to the instructions online and finally got the android laptop, iPhone, and iPad to work. It literally took me the whole day to sort out.But now that all that is done, the laser printer is wonderful. Fast, quiet, clear prints, double sided. Managed to fit it in the cabinet where my old cannon inkjet printer was. Threw that & the ink refill kit in the trash. Tired of the mess and the ink drying up. Purchased reconditioned unit which saved me around $100 and it looks brand new.

Several years ago I switched from Brother printers to Canon. This piece of junk reminds me why. When I needed to replace the Canon that had served me quite well for 6 yrs (prior Canon lasted 5), it was for cosmetic reasons; printer still worked. This time Canons with features I need were all too large and heavy. So I took a chance on Brother. How bad could it be, right? Answer: VERY bad.My main requirement for a printer, besides the obvious, is an ADF. Other lasers I saw with that feature were bulky and heavy. The Brother came and no wonder it was so light. It looked and felt like a toy. I'd say it performed like a toy, but it would have to improve to garner that much credit.First, who the #!%$&* thought it would be a good idea to design a printer that requires user to go in BACK of the printer to clear a paper jam?! Every office I've ever worked in, every home office I've ever had, printers are against a wall. I have yet to see one sitting in the middle of a room. For certain types of jams, I have to pull printer out about a foot or so, turn printer around, then clear the jam.WHY MUST I REPEATEDLY HAVE TO "RECOVER" WIRELESS CONNECTION? No such thing as a quick print job--at least not the first print job of the day. I never turn off the printer, but do turn off my PC every night. Next day, every day, I have to go into printer settings, choose "Recover WLAN," wait about 5-10 minutes for document to print. I've learned to fix breakfast while it warms up, wakes up, or whatever it's doing all that time.Those are the biggies. More minor annoyances: Screen doesn't stay lit. Very strange defaults, some of which I still don't know how to disable or change--assuming that's even possible. I've used printers for 25+ years. I've had Epson, HP, Canon; Canon being best, but all were ready to go once set up--and stayed ready till they gave out. My 1998 printers were better than this Brother.Okay, so will it print from my phone or tablet? Yes, both. But that doesn't make up for its many inadequacies.Scan? Yes. Adequate I suppose.Fax? I've had no reason to try that.Obviously, I DO NOT RECOMMEND this Brother printer.