Brother HL4040CN

Pros: Excellent quality, super easy setup, clearly shows ink capacity, high capacity toner cartridges available.

Cons: Noisy, refill sites don't have these cartridges, heavy weight!! only one paper tray.

The Bottom Line: Like this unit as it offers intermediate service capability for small office.

Review: I spent quite a bit of time trying to find THE right printer for my one person home office. I'd previously had a Brother multifunction unit which I was glad finally died. Because I often do 30-50 pages at a time, I was really concerned with having...

Pros: Cost, speed, solid performance, lack of jams, great network performance, cheaper toner than HP

Cons: Toner not yet available through discounters or non-brand names, weight

The Bottom Line: Buy it when it goes on sale for less than $300! You will not regret it.

Review: We have a clinic and we often make our own marketing materials, teaching aids for work with children, etc. The cost for using inkjets is just plain crazy. We've owned the Oki C5150 and liked it but kept having trouble with staff changing the toner...

Pros: Fairly clear instructions for setup. Linux support. Drivers support manual duplexing. Decent photos. Solid construction.

Cons: Costly toner. Size and weight. Curls paper.

The Bottom Line: A good choice for a home office workhorse. It does curl paper though. Toner may be expensive.

Review: I bought a new HL-4040CN yesterday and set it up on a dual-boot Windows XP/Ubuntu machine to replace a 16 year old Epson AL1500 that finally died.

The instructions were excellent. Follow them! They lead you through removal of all the clips...

Pros: Cost, ease of set-up, convenient size footprint for my small office.

Cons: None yet

Review: I installed the printer yesterday, so it's too early to provide a thorough review, but I felt compelled to write a review of the set-up procedures.

I bought this printer through Amazon.com via a "trusted seller" for one of the lowest prices...