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Brother HL-L3230CDW

MPN: HL-L3230CDW

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Andrew K.

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Unreliable

published 2 months ago

Has just died for the 2nd time. Same fault. Completely unresponsive

Purchased for $267.

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KarmenSydney, NSW

2 reviews
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worst printer ever

published 9 months ago

it goes to sleep mode and it is hard to take off....doesn't wake up when you send a job...just says offline.
It take many...many attempts to print a single page. Please don't buy it if you don't want a headache

Purchased in November 2021 at Officeworks Online store for $221.

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Raym R.Richmond-Tweed, NSW

5 reviews

Awful quality prints - abysmal by tech support

published 1 year ago

Beware! The print quality of this printer is nothing like advertised. After Three weeks of denial, tech support confirmed today that you can expect that a good quality image will print with lines running down it and I quote “Yes this is what you can expect from this printer.”

Brother used to make great printers (I have owned two) and have descent tech support, not any more.

Do not buy!

Purchased in February 2021 for $255.

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Damian

2 reviews
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WORST PRINTER EVER - Do NOT buy

published 2 years ago

You will constantly receive a "Replace Toner" message, even when the toner is not empty! You can't reset this message, and you are forced to pay crazy prices to buy another! AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

Purchased in May 2020.

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- Ink Cartridge Longevity
- Reliability
- Printing Speed

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NigelSydney Surrounds, NSW

9 reviews
11 likes

Worst printer i've ever bought

published 2 years ago

Colours are incorrect, paper jams practically every time it is used, constantly says paper is jammed when there's nothing in it. It is without a doubt the worst printer I have purchased, a $30 canon outperforms it. I wouldn't recommend this printer to anyone.

Purchased at Officeworks for $239.

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AKBGreater Melbourne (Outer), VIC

4 reviews
1 like

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A perfect color laser printer that is well within $250 range!

published 2 years ago

I had a Fuji Xerox mono printer that is still going strong however, for kids school project(s) was considering buying a color printer. The choice for me was clear in that rather than going for an inkjet - that is a more costly affair and required much more maintenance in longer run, I would rather go with laser color printer that’s much easier to maintain and has higher economy for print per page.

After much research and my previous experiences with Samsung, HP, Brother, Fuji etc. I decided to buy this printer. It prints really well for its pr...

Read moreice and produces crisp text and images. Use a photo matte paper and the photo is as good as office works photo print. I’m highly satisfied with my purchase and would recommend this printer to anyone who’s looking to buy their first color laser.

Purchased in April 2020 at Officeworks Physical store for $234.50.

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WaterfrontSydney

4 reviews
5 likes

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Recommended. Not disappointed

published 2 years ago

Would buy again. A very good price and quality. Would buy again. A very good price and quality. Would buy again. A very good price and quality. Would buy again. A very good price and quality.

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LLS

4 reviews
1 like

It's okay but poor sustainability

published 2 years ago

I've purchased it from officeworks
The main reason why I chose this product was this is the cheapest model among colour laser printer from officeworks
Additionally I could find lower price from online so they gave me discount as well which was my big pleasure
I was quite happy to use this printer for a month
However the capacity of each toner is very very small and easily ran out very soon
Also, once you run out even one of the toner(there are 4 toners including, CMYK), the printer will not let you do any print jobs. You must replace it to use ...

Read morethe printer again. And the toner is not cheap at all. Imagine the printer price is $267 and the toner replacement for single colour is $112 I didn't want to spend $112 for one single toner so I let it be leave aside for long Finally I just gave away to my sister who is willing to pay the new toner.

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MarcMetropolitan Adelaide, SA

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A great entry level laser printer.

published 3 years ago

When my (reasonably) faithful Epson TX650 scanner/printer died I decided that I was I was not going to replace it with another ink based printer but go for a laser printer. This stemmed from the fact that I was having a few more problems with inks drying out and dirty heads than I cared for.

My criteria was simple enough:
A) A good scan resolution (1200 x 1200 dpi min)
B) A good print resolution (2400 x 600 dpi)
C) Colour
D) Under $300 (hopefully)

After browsing online it became apparent that these criteria were going to be hard to meet.
I discovered that the cheapest colour scanner/printer was the HP M181fw which at a 600 x 600 dpi scan and print rate and priced at $337 and that was disappointing....

Read more My next options were both Brother scanner/printers, the DCP-L351CDW at $349 (not a bad price) and the MFC-L3750CDW at $397 (going roughly 30% over my budget). Both of these printers offers the scan rate and print quality I was after with the major difference between them the print rate (pages per minute) and the number of sheets of paper that they could hold. After a slight rethink of my criteria, I decided to ditch the scanner option (I chose to buy a 2nd hand one) and just get a colour printer. At $198, the HP MF-154NW was certainly cheap, but it offered a fairly average scan rate (600 x 600 dpi) and a very disappointing 600 x 600 dpi print quality. The next two options were the Brother HL-L3230CDW (at $267) and the HL-L3270CDW (at $299) which both have basically the same specs (print quality, ppm and paper capacity), with the latter offering a small flip up colour lcd screen compared to a mono single line lcd screen. I decided to purchase the HL-L3230CDW as the fancy screen didn’t really make enough difference to me. Out of the box, set up was remarkably easy. Various bits of tape had to be removed and plastic tabs removed from the laser printer cartridges and then it really was just a matter of connect up (I chose the cable option, and the fact that it doesn’t come with a cable would have been annoying if it weren’t for the fact that I already had one from my old printer) and turn it on. As far as connectivity goes, there’s the as previously mentioned (not included) USB cable as well as wi-fi direct and other than just printing straight from your PC, you can also use other devices (phones/tablets) with Google’s Cloud Print and Apple’s Air Print. For my needs (simple), I’m using using via USB from my PC. The print quality of this machine is 2400 x 1200 dpi and it looks really good on paper in so far as (unlike my previous TX650 inkjet or a lower resolution printer), the images are pretty sharp. Now I’ve only used standard paper in this printer so far, and whilst the colours are clear, I have found them to be a bit pale/flat when it came to printing pictures (particularly photos). It was nothing that couldn’t be overcome with a tiny bit of image colour enhancement via a photoshop type program. Perhaps using a higher grade paper (or photo paper if it is compatible) will make a difference. When it comes to printing documents. The colour is certainly acceptable. I haven’t tested the accuracy of the claimed 24 pages per minute, and to be honest, I’m not printing enough for this to ever be a concern. The speed of the printing does seem quite good though. There is a feature on this machine (and I suspect other Brother machines) that puts the printer into a ‘deep sleep’ mode when it hasn’t been used for a while. This is to keep the machine ‘just on’ without wasting any unnecessary stand-bye power. I have noticed that when it is in this mode and you send something off to print that it can take 40-45 seconds for it start printing. Again, I’m not printing often enough for this to be an issue, and once it is no longer in this mode, the lapse between sending and printing is only a matter of seconds. Because I don’t print a lot, I wanted a printer that could sit idle for ages (or even be completely) turned off (something that you can’t do with an inkjet printer without having the print-heads dry up) as well as not being too expensive to print from. By my calculations of the replacement toners, a colour page should cost about 25 cents to print. If this is just for yourself at home, that should be fine, but if you were relying on this for a business, it could start getting expensive. The manufacturers stated yield is 1300 per cartridge. This seems pretty reasonable. I did see from the manufacturers specs that after 18,000 printed pages you have to replace the Drum Unit. These cost more than the printer itself, so if I ever get to this point, I’d probably just buy a replacement printer. 18,000 pages is quite a lot though. Don’t think I would have even got a quarter of that printed during my 4 year university degree. One last thing I think I mention is the weight of this machine. It weighs 13.6Kg. That’s pretty heavy, especially compared to my previous TX650 which weighed only 8.4Kg. But comparing it to the scanner/printer option of the 17Kg DCP-L351CDW, it doesn’t seem that bad. Now I know that it’s not like I’m going to be constantly moving the printer around, but it is heavy. All in all, the HL-L3230CDW is a great entry level laser printer that is quite affordable and offers decent printing options with long lasting yields for the cartridges. There is also the option to hand feed different papers, envelopes etc via fold out tray at the front of the printer.

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Category	Printers
Price (RRP)	$299.00
Printer Type	Laser
Multifunction Features	Copier
Two-sided Printing	Yes
Wireless Options	Wi-Fi
Maximum Paper Size	A6
Print from Phone	Yes
Print Speed	24 ppm
Printing Resolution	2,400 x 600dpi
Dimensions	252 x 410 x 461 mm
Weight	18.1 kg
Manufacturer Warranty	1 year(s)
Manual	Download manual and manual 2

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GTIN14: 04977766790369
GTIN13: 4977766790369
MPN: HL-L3230CDW

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