(Sold Out)Brother HL-2270DW Compact Laser Printer w/ Wifi, Duplexing $79.99

[lothar]

I assume his desktop does not have wifi capability in which case it makes perfect sense.

You are wrong. If his desktop does not have wifi capability then he could not print via wifi if the printer is set to connect via wifi. Conversely he could not print from his laptop via wifi connection if the printer was set via wired ethernet to connect to the desktop. You can't have it both ways. The only way it would not make sense is if both printer and desktop were wifi capable in which case you would not need a wired ethernet connection. This is what everyone is suggesting he do but maybe he doesn't have wifi on his desktop.

That is absolutely false.
I use the HL-2170W version of this printer so I know what I'm talking about.

Your desktop should be connected to the router by ethernet cable.
Your wireless printer should be connected to your router wirelessly(after you've installed the drivers properly).
Anything you print from your desktop will be sent to the router which will send to the printer.

Your desktop doesn't have to have WiFi...Mine certainly doesn't.
This stuff isn't magic pixie dust folks. I'm not a computer geek by heart(I don't know linux, programming, and I never took a single computer class in my life) and yet I know how to set it up by following simple instructions.

 

[dawza]

These are great little printers; in my experience, you should expect to get roughly 2/3 of the rated page count with original Brother toners. I used to maintain a 5370DW and we'd regularly get about 5K text-heavy pages from the 8K rated toners.

As far as the networking aspect-as Sparky and Lothar have mentioned, this isn't different from any other network peripheral device.

 

[AustinInDallas]

I sell these printer and have one. If your computer is wifi or wired and the printer if wifi or wired, it will work. It's all the same network.

 

[AustinInDallas]

Ps. Pull out the toner and shake it when it says low

 

[aceO07]

I have one these, one thing I would mention is I am not getting anywhere near the copy count from their "high capacity" toner cartridges that they estimate, 2,600 copies.

I just ran out of toner the other day, my current page count is 2,009 but that also includes the lower yield cartridge that the machine originally came with.

Maybe estimated page counts are like the EPA's gas mileage numbers but it is still disappointing.

-KeithP

According to some Amazon reviews, you need to hit the 'Go' button 7x quickly to make it continue and finish the rest of it. It's a sort of 'low warning' so you don't get a bad surprise when you do really run out. (It's supposed to be in the manual.) Hit the 'Go' 3x for a printer status report.

 

[donfm]

/facepalm

Wifi or wired ethernet, IT DOES NOT MATTER. Wifi is not direct wireless from computer to printer, but uses the router as the connection point. That router also handles the ethernet wired connections. There is no separation of ethernet wired and the wireless networks (except maybe in some special cases). Since everything connects to the router, everything can talk to each other. I set these things up all the time.

Do yourself a favor and go read up on basic home network 101 before you try to "educate" anyone on them

Jeeze unbunch your shorts will ya?.....lol....Do yourself a favor and don't try and character assassinate people over a stupid post on a silly message board. Get a grip will ya? If I made a mistake then that's on me but no need to be an a$$hole about it! I suggest you limit your comments to the topic not lambasting people for what they say....have a nice day!

 

[Tedtalker1]

Sold Out now at the egg.