Brother HL-L2380DW

1816 reviews

Apr, 2024

Positive
usability (882)
performance (557)
price (379)
noise (176)
print quality (77)

Negative
control panel (8)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 1816 reviews of Brother HL-L2380DW. The average rating for this product is 4.3/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Comments about the reliability and noise are overall positive. The price and performance are also appreciated. Many are negative about the control panel.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Brother HL-L2380DW is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 81/100 = Very good quality.

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Amazon.com review summary for Brother HL-L2380DW

alaTest has collected and analyzed 932 user reviews of Brother HL-L2380DW from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.4/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Opinions about the reliability and noise are on the whole positive. The price and performance are also appreciated, whereas there are some mixed opinions about the connectivity.

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90% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

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Amazon.ca review summary for Brother HL-L2380DW

alaTest has collected and analyzed 38 user reviews of Brother HL-L2380DW from Amazon.ca. The average user rating for this product is 4.6/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.2/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.ca. Reviewers really like the paper handling and print quality. The price and performance also get good feedback. Some have doubts about the size and noise.

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100% of the reviews on Amazon.ca give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Expert review by : M. David Stone (pcmag.com)

Brother HL-L2380DW

The Brother HL-L2380DW can be a good fit if you need a monochrome laser multifunction printer primarily for printing, but can also benefit from light-duty scanning and copying.

Small size. Prints, scans, and copies. Duplexer (for two-sided printing). Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and Wi-Fi Direct.

No automatic document feeder. Although good enough for most business use, output quality is a touch below par across the board.

If you're considering the Brother HL-L2380DW, be sure to take a look at the Canon MF216n and Canon MF212w as well. Both Canon printers offer faster speed and better text quality than the HL-L2380DW, with the Canon MF216n adding an ADF. However, the...

Feb, 2015

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great

Everything is perfect, would buy again. But, would like automatic document feeder.. for the same price of course ;)

Everything, price and OEM replacement cartridges. Plus Brother makes reliable products in my experience. Set up was several clicks and no fuss on Windows 10. My mobiloe print app worked right away. Perfect grayscale printer.

Nothing yet

Mar, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great

Everything is perfect, would buy again. But, would like automatic document feeder.. for the same price of course ;)

Nothing yet

Mar, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great product!

Easy install! Network printer great.Standby mode is great too!

Black only but for the price is good

Feb, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Works flawlessly. Exactly what I needed.

I was hesitant to purchase this due to some of the other reviews, but I couldn't beat the price and took the plunge. I'm glad I did. The software was easy to install, and the Quick Installation Guide walked me through all the steps of installing both...

Ease of installation. Print quality. Print speed.

None.

Feb, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Brother Customer NO Service!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Find a better company to do business with. This reminds me of the old Best Buy model or Sprint. No soup for you!

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When I received the new printer and opened the toner from it's vacuum sealed plastic I noticed my hands were getting black then I looked and my pants and socks were black and then the floor......black toner everywhere. The housing of the toner...

Jan, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

works for me!!

would recommend to my friend. no tray feed for scanning could be an issue for some the first device I got was defective (kept making scanning sounds but nothing would happen), after a 15-20 min chat with a "brother representative" online; they...

bought it on sale; I use it as a "home" printer and scanner and works great. I can directly scan to either dropbox or google drive or to my computer (for more personal stuff). still printing with the "factory" toner since it has not run out as yet. I...

no feeder tray to scan multiple documents, was aware of this limitation but I bought it for home use - other might need to be aware of this issue before buying

Dec, 2015

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Toner in Printer

Easy to setup

Printed 10 pages and toner ran out. Had to go spend $60 more dollars for new toner.

Dec, 2015

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

GREAT!

Although I just received this printer, I have been impressed with it's overall performance. It CAN perform almost everything that I need/want, - EXCEPT the ability to SCAN legal size documents! THAT was a disappointment!

Item arrived in good shape, and FAST (unlike some of the other reviews). This printer worked exactly as specified, and was very FAST, & EASY to get set up! Prints as expected! Very FAST & great looking docs too!

The ONLY thing that surprised me was that this printer cannot SCAN legal document sizes! Description says it can PRINT legal document size, but it can't SCAN legal document size sheets? WHAT? HUH?

Sep, 2015

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Excellent Printer

I like that this printer allows you to ignore the low toner message and continue printing. I have used the scan to dropbox function several times. Firmware update was easy to locate, quick to download and very easy to install.

Lots of Features. Love Cloud Printing Options. Works Flawlessly with Mac, iOS Devices, and Windows with relative ease.

Initially I had what is apparently a common issue that resulted in the printer disappearing from the wireless network when it went to sleep, requiring a restart to re-connect. Checked Brother's website for a firmware update, Installed update (<5...

Sep, 2015

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