Brother HL-1240 Laser Printer (PC/Mac)

Brother HL-1240 Laser Printer (PC/Mac)
Manufacturer: BROTHER
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
The HL-1240 is a member of Brother's series of advanced laser printers that is specifically designed for demanding small office/home office environments. In addition to the high print speed, the units boast a first-page speed of less than 15 seconds. Its professional output quality ensures sharp, crisp and clear printing of both text and graphics.Besides its fast up to 12 page per minute printing (50% faster than the HP LaserJet 1100) and true 600x600 dpi output, the HL-1240 comes with a robust 2MB of standard memory, and a 250 sheet universal paper cassette. The new commercial design of the HL-1240 also has a smaller footprint than its predecessor, making it easier to place on any desktop environment. Other improvements include an increased toner capacity and multi-platform capability.
Amazon.com Product Description
This fine laser printer has garnered much recognition and several awards for its fine performance, including the MVP Award from PC Computing (November 1999), Editor's Choice from CNET.com (October 1999), Gold Editor's Choice Award from Home Office Computing (Demember 1999), Best of the Year from Mobile Computing and Communications (January 2000), and Best Buy and #1 on the Top 10 List of Printers from PC World (January 2000).

The HL-1240 printer utilizes an optimized 66 MHz controller that allows fast output. How fast? Up to 12 pages per minute! And there is no long waiting time for that first page--the optimized first page output is less than 15 seconds.

The Brother HL-1240 printer comes with USB and parallel ports built in, so the printer is compatible with Windows platforms as well as your iMac, iBook, or new G3 Macintosh. All printer drivers are included in the box and there is no need for a parallel-to-USB converter--both interfaces are provided on board.

True 600 x 600 dpi printing, combined with microfine toner, produces sharp quality printing. The paper capacity is a staggering 250 sheets of letter-size paper, and the HL-1240 allows you to obtain optimum print quality on different media types.

Average customer rating:

Best little printer around!
Works well with either Mandrake or Debian Linux (Knoppix )
Very pleased owner
Needs Frequent Cleaning, Prone to Jams
It broke, so I bought a Samsung for less

Brother HL-1240 Laser Printer (PC/Mac)

Manufacturer: BROTHER
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Accessories:

Netgear FWG114P 802.11g Wireless Firewall with USB Print Server
Netgear USB Mini Print Server (PS121)
Targus PAUH212U 7 Port USB 2.0 Hub
Targus PAUH217U 4 Port Ultra Mini USB 2.0 Hub
Belkin F3U133-06 Pro Series Hi-Speed USB Cable (Six-Feet)

Product Features:

Up to 12 ppm; true 600 x 600 dpi resolution
2 MB standard memory
Parallel and USB interfaces
Universal 250-sheet adjustable paper cassette
1-year Express Exchange warranty

ASIN: B00000J4WI

Product Description

The HL-1240 is a member of Brother's series of advanced laser printers that is specifically designed for demanding small office/home office environments. In addition to the high print speed, the units boast a first-page speed of less than 15 seconds. Its professional output quality ensures sharp, crisp and clear printing of both text and graphics.Besides its fast up to 12 page per minute printing (50% faster than the HP LaserJet 1100) and true 600x600 dpi output, the HL-1240 comes with a robust 2MB of standard memory, and a 250 sheet universal paper cassette. The new commercial design of the HL-1240 also has a smaller footprint than its predecessor, making it easier to place on any desktop environment. Other improvements include an increased toner capacity and multi-platform capability.

Amazon.com Product Description

This fine laser printer has garnered much recognition and several awards for its fine performance, including the MVP Award from PC Computing (November 1999), Editor's Choice from CNET.com (October 1999), Gold Editor's Choice Award from Home Office Computing (Demember 1999), Best of the Year from Mobile Computing and Communications (January 2000), and Best Buy and #1 on the Top 10 List of Printers from PC World (January 2000).

Customer Reviews:

Best little printer around!.......2006-08-28

I've had my HL-1240 for nearly 9-10 YEARS!! It's still the hardest working thing in my house! This wonderful printer has seen my husband through his PhD, my MA, and continues to be a workhorse. Toner is a tad pricey - but the big toner lasts me nearly an entire year w/heavy printing. I'd love to find a laser color printer that works as efficiently and as hard as the HL-1240. I absolutely LOVE this printer!

Works well with either Mandrake or Debian Linux (Knoppix ).......2004-10-23

Since this printer was very unreliable for me under any version of windows, I was decided to try it under Linux with hope it would work. To my surprise, both distros of Linux I use recognized it immediately and installed drivers. It has been working perfectly as a network printer for my network ever since. Any other Linux or OSX machine on the network finds this printer automatically with no assistance. Very cool.

Very pleased owner.......2003-06-10

I have been using my Brother laser printer for about two and a half years, and I am very very pleased with its performance. I currently have three different printers on my desk (yes, a large desk with no space left), and the HL-1240 is the work-horse of the bunch. Almost all printed material gets sent to the HL-1240 because of its speed, quality print, and economy.

Speed - Surprisingly, the printer is advertised at 12 pages per minute, and it actually does print 12 full pages every minute. Unlike many bubble jet printers whose rated speed is rarely what they actually pump-out, this laser printer never slows down.

Quality print - No lines across graphics like with bubble jets, no smudges of ink, just nice crisp print every time, always.

Economy - Aside from the purchase price being very reasonable, I have yet to change the toner! I have no idea how many sheets it has printed, but compared to the costs of bubble jet cartridges, the printer has already paid for itself in ink savings alone.

Design - Having the paper tray on the bottom has two big and important advantages. First, the footprint size is smaller (for those of us with crowded desks), and secondly, it keeps the heat of the machine away from your desk top. In the past I had a laser with a top-side paper tray, and when the day arrived to move the printer to a new location, I found that the heat from the printer had totally ruined the wood's surface directly under where the printer had been sitting. Bottom paper trays are an important feature to look for.

Dependability - I did have a piece of paper jam once, but it was my fault for feeding it in wrong. Removing jammed paper is fast and easy with the back and front of the printer having covers which pop open for access.

No bad points! All good!

Needs Frequent Cleaning, Prone to Jams.......2002-11-18

I bought two of these for home use about two years ago. They see moderate, not heavy, use. Both tend to produce smudged printouts. Cleaning is somewhat tedious, and needs to be done weekly. One of the two jams fairly often, considering its light workload. I had no problems printing from Windows 2000; however, when I upgraded to Windows XP the print quality was unacceptable when using XP's default driver. Also, the printer would lose jobs if it was asleep when printing was started. After installing the XP driver from Brother's web site, these problems seem to be resolved.

It broke, so I bought a Samsung for less.......2002-10-24

Too big, too clunky, and it broke, so I bought a Samsung.

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