Designed for home use, the Brother HL-2040 is an affordable, personal laser printer. The HL-2040 features a compact design that will fit in just about any workplace. The printer gives out quality documents that are crisp and clear.
The Brother HL-2040 printer is compact in design and saves lot of space. This portable device weighs approx. 6.4 kg and measures 37.08 x 36.06 x 16.51 cm respectively. It has a printing resolution of 2,400 x 600 dpi with the print speed up to 20 ppm. This personal laser printer has a Fujitsu SPARClite 96 MHz processor with the standard 8 MB RAM. Brother HL-2040 printer works efficiently capable of handling different print jobs in a row.
Brother HL-2040 printer comes with two paper storage trays, the input tray can store up to 250 sheets of paper and the output tray can handle up to 100 sheets of printed works. The setup for Brother HL-2040 printer is quick and easy to install. The device is versatile as it has the ability to print on various media types such as bond paper, envelopes, transparencies, labels and plain paper. The greatest advantage of this printer is the monthly duty cycle, as it can print up to 10,000 impressions without any issues. Brother HL-2040 toner cartridge is also known for its low running cost.
Advantages:- Low cost Brother HL-2040 toner cartridge that offers low running cost
- High quality output
- Dual trays
- High printing speed
- Compact footprint
- Easy connectivity as it offers USB and parallel interfaces
- Lacks functions such as scan, copy and fax
- Does not support print server option
- Graphics and photo quality are relatively low
- Lacks ADF support
- Single colour Brother HL-2040 toner cartridge
The Brother HL-2040 is a good value laser printer with fast performance and quality text results. However, as you might expect from a laser printer, it also comes with some drawbacks such as poor graphics and photo output and also lacks scan, copy and fax functions. The printer offers you low running cost with its durable Brother HL-2040 toner cartridge.
Cartridge Requirements:The Replacement for Brother HL-2040 toner cartridge is:
- Brother TN2000 toner; black
What to do when your printer prints garbage or unexpected prints?
With time, your Brother HL 2040 printer may start causing certain issues like slow printing, garbage printouts, error messages etc.The user receives these unexpected issues due to damaged cables, improper installation of drivers, by selecting wrong drivers for their printers, or may be empty Brother HL 2040 toner cartridge. These are frequent issues that come across and could be resolved easily by following these simple steps:
Step 1:- Make sure that the printer cable is not too long. It is recommended that the length of the parallel or the USB cable should not be longer than 2 meters (6.5 feet). Also, the cable should not be damaged at any point
- Make sure the Brother HL 2040 toner cartridge is not older than 6 months
- Make sure there is no interface switching device connected to your device. The printer should be directly connected to your PC. If there is any such connection remove it and make a direct connection. Restart your printer after that
- If all of the above points were checked and fixed accordingly but the printer still continues to make garbage prints, then it must an issue of improper printer drivers
Make sure you have chosen the right printer drivers for your printer.
For Windows:Go to Printer Preferences setting and check if your printer’s name appears at the top in the printer driver name section then it is good to go.
However, if the printer driver name is different from your printer model then, you would need to reinstall all the correct printer drivers for your printer with the help of Quick Setup Guide.
For Mac OS X 10.5.x or later users:Go to the left section and select your printer. If the printer does not appear in next to the Default Printer then choose your printer name and If the Default Printer name matches to the name appearing as Location. Then, the right printer driver is chosen and it can be a problem of your Brother HL 2040 toner cartridge.
However, if both of the printer names in above sections does not match with the Default Printer then you would have to reinstall the printer drivers (you can get them on Brother’s website).