BrotherBusiness Color Laser Printer, HL-L8360CDW, Wireless Networking, Automatic Duplex Printing, Mobile Printing, Cloud Printing, Amazon Dash Replenishment Ready,WhiteEPEAT

After having suffered through several hand-me-down printers, I wanted a new laser printer that could duplex and print in color so I could reduce the number of devices in my home office. While having the ability to make copies would have been nice, this really handles the bulk of my needs.The setup was incredibly easy and required very little interaction with it to get it on the wireless network. All of my laptops and PC found the printer through the Windows printer wizard very quickly and easily.The only issue I've run into is that the included Windows driver for this printer does allow duplexing but no matter what setting in the application, printer defaults and onboard the printer, it would always duplex on the short side, meaning when you flipped the paper over, the print was upside down. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, would make it behave any differently. I downloaded the driver directly from Brother, unpacked it and replaced the driver to use it even though Windows tried to tell me I had the best driver already installed. Now, it works as expected and as it should. I was so frustrated I was ready to send the printer back. Thanks, Microsoft...The speed of output is a bit inconsistent for multiple pages in the same document. There is sometimes pausing in between pages. I've had plenty of printers that just cranked out page at the rated speed one right after another, so this is the only detractor on an otherwise fine printer.The output is acceptable for a color laser printing color graphics. Do not expect photo quality output - get a high-end inkjet for that (love my Canon Pro-100) but is just great for brochures and other office quality color output.All in all, I'm quite pleased and satisfied with the printer. The price is great. Consumables are going to be where I feel the price pain but that's to be expected.

When my wife and I found out that COVID was going to keep our kids home in 2020, I decided to ante up and get a "REAL" color printer. We've had many, many, many color inkjet printers from all-in-one scanner, fax, printers to dedicated print only printers. We've had mostly Epson's (even one that came free with the purchase of computer, one that was $20.00 if you bought ink, and one that was a $129.00 multifunction unit) and a portable Canon I used when I was on the road. The ink jet cartridges were ridiculously expensive and if you didn't print frequently, would end up drying out, causing you to buy more cartridges.There's a reason why inkjet printers are so cheap: the cartridges are soooo expensive and don't last very long. So the "front end" cost or up front cost of the printer is cheap, but the "back end cost," the cost of the cartridges, are expensive and recurring. So the total cost of ownership (TCO) for an inkjet printer is very expensive in the long run.Businesses and hospitals use laser printers for good reason: durability and efficiency. The cost per page of printing is much less than any inkjet. However, the front end costs are high, like this printer at almost $400.00, but the back end cost of toner cartridges, which can last almost 5,000 pages and don't dry out like inkjets if not used for a while, is much less (still expensive if you compared one inkjet cartridge to one laser toner, but much more economical in the long run). So the total cost of ownership (TCO) is much less than inkjets.The start up time is fairly quick, not as quick as an inkjet, but the printed pages per minute (PPM), is much faster if multiple pages are printed (duplex (two sided) printing is really fast compared to inkjet, too).It's a beast of a machine both in size and weight, so we have a dedicated print station at home where we keep our old multi-function inkjet (which we use for scanning mostly and holding paper), our cable modem, router, and surveillance DVR. It's been over a year since the pandemic started and our kids are back to in-class learning, but the printer is still going strong and we haven't even gone through the starter kit of toner that came with it. Now that's value...