BROTHER DCP-L2665DW 3-in-1 Mono Laser Printer| Print, copy
BROTHER DCP-L2665DW 3-in-1 Mono Laser Printer| Print, copy & scan | Automatic 2-sided print| A4|UK Plug
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| Weight: | 11.4 kg |
| Dimensions: | 39.9 x 41 x 31.9 cm; 11.4 Kilograms |
| Brand: | BROTHER |
| Model: | DCPL2665DWZU1 |
| Colour: | Dark Grey |
| Manufacture: | Brother |
| Dimensions: | 39.9 x 41 x 31.9 cm; 11.4 Kilograms |
Good old school style solid B&W laser printer. Easy to setup and the wi-fi printing from phone and computer is a great addition. Print quality is very good. Only negative is the scanner which produces grainy photo images. But for simple doc scanning it does the job.
his is a great printer for the money but the online setup is tricky make sure you type the web address correctly as there are sites that have the same address except for one full stop in the address and can full you into thinking you are on the right stie and you will be downloading all sorts of virus protection programs and PC driver updaters etc
It is an excellent printer:
* wakes up quickly;
*prints on the double side automatically;
* easy to use;
*from feeder can be scanned double side, quick and easy;
It’s an excellent printer. I would highly recommend it.
I received it quickly and with a smiling courier, which is a bonus. Unpacked the box and started to assemble it. I needed only to plug in the power lead and install the cartridge. I did everything the first time and completed it on the first attempt. Then, I followed instructions from the provided printed documents and set up the printer program. It works with the MAC that I have. The only issue is that the printer and computer must be on the same Wi-Fi network. It can be either home mesh, as in my case, or just a normal home router network. I need clarification on whether someone says it is not a wifi printer – it is! My only hiccup was with signing up and logging in to the Brothers system after creating an account. Either I forgot a password or never set it up, but a quick password change solved it. I tried to add a provided discount on the Brother’s site, but somehow, I managed to miss that. I contacted Brothers support on Sunday, and they responded on Monday, a quick turnaround for customer support. I love the slogan Brother is on your side, and that’s how I feel so far! Recommended printer overall.
Now I’ve had it for over two years I can comment on it’s reliability. I had a Brother printer for about 10 years and was upset when it died. I never expected much in this day and age of plastic rubbish to get near that and there’s a way to go but it has done extremely well so far. Like all these printers the ink is where the cost comes in but the Brother refills do give a very good amount of prints. I only print text so can’t comment on image printing.
I have had this printer for a month or two now and I am thrilled with it. It took a while to set up, and I think the instructions for linking it to your computer could be better, but it works really well now. I particularly like the wireless printing. Apparently printer ink is one of the most expensive things in the world, so a laser printer is the way to go. I’m surprised it has a fax mode – who uses a fax nowadays? But I just ignore that. It’s simple to use. For scanning, I like to use it with Windows Fax and Scan app, but there are other apps, if you prefer.
When it’s made by Brother and deep sleep turns the wireless off after just a couple of minutes!
But you can turn it off.and make this printer work as it is meant to..wirelessly!
Go in to the Ecology menu, select sleep time.
Now press the back and down button together, you might need to do it more than once.
It will say Deep Sleep, press ok, press down to choose Off then press OK to save
Back out of all the menus.
If you search on YouTube for a video called “How to Turn Off Deep Sleep Mode on Brother Printer”, that’s how I found you could do this and it shows you there.
Nearly returned the printer because of this stupid choice by Brother.
Fast to first print, fast on multiple page prints, had duplex double sided printing included.
Very easy to setup, a fair few steps but I was subscribing to Wi-Fi and cloud services as well as setting up the toner subscription, so to be expected really.
Huge 250 sheet paper feeder means less paper fills and neatly stored under printer instead of sticking out the top like others. Much better!
The toner subscription worked out less than buying a toner on its own and includes the warranty, keep up the sub and your printer has a warranty, for as many years as you keep the subscription. Pretty good value.
Very happy
…but I’ve not used it long enough…
Like the ink after some test print pages seem to be going DOWN too quick…
But setting this up compared to the BS that was setting up my returned Epson ET2810; it’s night and day.
After my horrid time wasting and horrid print quality experience with that Epson printer, I had braced myself for what was to come with this brother printer.
And so when it was done, setup in record time, as you’d expect from a nicely designed printer system…an amazing feeling of joy overflowed because I was very surprised how easy it was to set this one up and how it just worked without the convoluted BS that is the Epson printer or the Epson connect system is.
I don’t like the fluctuating prices for this though because seeing a lower price after you’ve bought this, is kind of annoying.
Still trying to understand the point of the subscription to ink services though, and what you get with the 6 months trial, like, can you really get free ink for six months if you printed using the highest subscription paid plan?
They’ll deliver all that to you for free?
Still looking for the catch…so 4/5 for now.
Why just a simple mono printer? Well, I never print in colour, print mainly text based documents and spreadsheets so I don’t see the need for a colour printer. And for the limited number of scans that I do, my smartphone suffices (using the Adobe scan app) which produces excellent results just as quickly, perhaps quicker, than a flat bed scanner.
This laser printer produces top class mono prints very quickly and with no fuss. The quality of a laser print will always be a tad better than inkjet, in my view.
The only negative is that on initial set up, putting in the wifi password is long winded and tedious – but you only have to do it once.
As to set up generally, there are excellent videos on youtube which make the process easy and I would recommend following one of them rather than going through the instructions that come in the box (which make the process look harder than it actually is). Also, you can throw away the CD that comes in the box – who needs a CD in 2024?