Brother Printers Rise: PCWorld's 2010 Reliability & Service Survey

Brother Printers got the nod of PCWorld readers in terms of reliability & customer support and continued its ascent to being the top printer brand.

In PC World's most recent survey for printers, Brother printers matched perennial leader Canon on five reliability criteria garnering better than average ratings from respondents. At the same time, it (Brother) got improved marks on 4 service measures. Starting in 2009, Brother printers have already been cited by this annual poll as a reliable brand vis-a-vis Canon printers. Its improvement in customer support this year marks its emergence as Canon's closest challenger in overall printer market dominance.

PCWorld annually asks its readers which tech companies come out with the best products and provide the best customer service. The survey aims to find out from readers what are the best desktops, laptops, smart phones & wireless providers, HDTVs, Printers and Cameras. In short, tech brands that the readers trust.

On the printer category, Canon continues to generally lord it over but Brother is now just close by. The survey is a further testament that Brother printers are wise choices for home & office printing solutions.

Take Brother printers' reliability to the next level by considering remanufactured Brother toners as replacement toners. Original toner cartridges are still expensive to this day and can certainly affect the frequency with which you use your Brother printers.

Remanufactured laser toner cartridges can provide the same print quality and page yield at much, much affordable price. Cheaper toner cost translate to more printing. And it is even good for the environment.

Make the most of Brother printers' reliability by using equally reliable and quality remanufactured Brother toners as replacement toners.

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Brother HL-4000 Color Laser Printers

Brother Corporation recently launched a new series of single-function color laser printers - the HL-4000 Color Laser Printer Series.

This Brother printer series has 3 models: the HL-4150cdn, the HL-4570cdw and the HL-4570cdwt and will be available next month in the market.

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Brother laser printers are ideal for small office & home office use. This HL-4000 series uses high capacity replacement toners which means more toners and lesses trips to the store to replace empty cartridges.

For older Brother printers, remanufactured Brother toners is a cost-effective alternative as it provides significant savings without sacrificing print quality and page yield.

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Monochrome Laser Printers : Top 10 Rated by PC World

Monochrome laser printers are the more preferred printing device by American businesses. According a recent survey, as much as 80% of these businesses have at least one monochrome laser printers. Monochrome laser printers are ideal for printing documents with lots of text in it.The speed of printing is basically its main advantage over inkjet printers.

PC World has named its Top 10 Monochrome Laser Printers recently.

1. Lexmark E460dn Laser Printer
2. Dell 5230dn Laser Printer
3. Dell 3330dn
4. Xerox Phaser 4510N
5. Brother HL-5370DWT
6. Ricoh Aficio SP 4210N
7. Kyocera Mita FS-1350DN
8. Xerox Phaser 3250DN
9. Hewlett Packard LaserJet Pro P1606dn
10. HP LaserJet Enterprise P3015d Printer

Monochrome laser printers are indeed a great tool for businesses and are offered cheaply. Wouldn't it be cool if laser toner cartridges is not sky high in prices too?

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The Enduring Brother HL-2040 Monochrome Laser Printer & its Consumables

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Brother International has been providing well-designed and award-winning printers for home and office use over the years. One of those printers is the Brother HL 2040 monochrome laser printer. Although this model isn't produced anymore, its enduring reliability have many continue to use it today.

The Brother HL 2040 is a compact laser printer that will fit just about any workarea. It is a budget-friendly printer model highly suitable for students, home use and even small business. Its excellent text quality, adequate paper handling makes it worth its price.

Main Features

• Fast print speed. With an up to 20 pages per minute print speed, the HL-2040 can quickly produce reports, letters and spreadsheets.
• Compact footprint. The HL-2040 can fit virtually anywhere, maximizing desk or shelf space.
• High-quality output. Featuring HQ1200 print resolution (up to 2400x600dpi), this printer delivers crisp, clear text and graphics.
• Generous paper capacity. An up to 250-sheet input tray and a single-sheet manual feed slot‡ allow the HL-2040 to easily print letter and legal size document as well as envelopes.
• Easy connectivity. The HL-2040 offers USB and Parallel interfaces.

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The Brother HL 2040 toner cartridge is the Brother TN350 black toner cartridge that yields up to 2500 standard pages and its drum unit is the Brother DR350 that is good for up to 12000 standard pages.

Original Brother toners may be affordable to some. So, quality remanufactured Brother TN350 toner or remanufactured DR350 drum unit may be a viable option. As long it is from a legitimate online seller, then it can match or even exceed performance of original consumables.

Both TN350 & DR350 may also be used on the following Brother printers & MFCs:

DCP-7020, IntelliFax-2820, IntelliFax-2910, IntelliFax-2920, HL-2040, HL-2070N, MFC-7220, MFC-7225N, MFC-7420, MFC-7820N

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