Product Description
Best for home offices and small teams, the Brother HL-L2460DW Wireless Compact Black & White (Monochrome) Laser Printer combines affordability and reliable quality. Designed to provide high-volume printing with exceptional efficiency, it consistently produces crisp, easy-to-read black & white prints at speeds up to 36 ISO pages per minute(1) (ppm). The convenient 250-sheet paper tray(2) means you'll make fewer paper refills, while the automatic duplex printing feature saves additional time and decreases paper waste. Flexible connection options include dual-band wireless, Ethernet, and USB 2.0 interfaces. Best of all, you can print from virtually anywhere with the Brother Mobile Connect App.(3) Plus, you can feel safe knowing that advanced security features are helping to protect your information and maintain secure connections while you're printing.
Dimension
Product Height : 7.2 inches
Product Width :14 inches
Product Depth :
Product Weight :15.6 pounds
Features
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Brother Genuine Toner Choose Brother Genuine TN830 Standard or TN830XL High Yield replacement cartridges. And with Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service, you’ll never worry about running out of toner again and you’ll enjoy savings up to 50%.(4) Get started today with a Free Trial.(5)
Efficient, Compact, Affordable Compact and durable design delivers sharp, dynamic black & white prints at an affordable price.
See the difference quality makes The Brother HL-L2460DW produces documents that are clear, crisp, and easy to review and share with consistent, premium quality.
Flexible connection options Connect securely to multiple devices with built-in dual-band wireless (2.4GHz / 5GHz) and Ethernet interfaces, or connect locally to a single computer via USB interface.
Speeds that keep pace With speeds up to 36 ISO ppm,(1) you can print documents quickly and on time. Increase efficiency and easily reduce paper waste with automatic duplex printing.
Print from virtually anywhere with the Brother Mobile Connect App Manage your printer remotely and print from your mobile device anytime, from almost anywhere. Order Brother Genuine Supplies, track toner usage, and complete more work on-the-go.(3)
Versatile paper handling Tackle everyday or high-volume printing needs with the 250-sheet capacity paper tray.(2) Print on specialty paper or envelopes using the convenient manual feed slot.
Print with purpose Designed with sustainability in mind, with eco-friendly printer features including Toner Save Mode and automatic duplex printing. ENERGY STAR compliant and EPEAT Silver rated.
Brother at your side support Backed by Brother with a 1-year limited warranty and free online, call, or live chat support for the life of your printer.
(1) Based on one-sided printing. Change from default setting required.
(2) Maximum capacity based on using 20-lb. paper.
(3) Free app download and wireless connection required. Compatibility may vary by device and operating system.
(4) Based on monthly subscription cost in U.S. for Mono Laser Power Plan vs. average cost per page of eligible like standard capacity cartridges. Savings will vary based on Refresh EZ Print Subscription plan selected.
(5) Requires enrollment in a monthly billed Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription service plan based on monthly printed page allotments. Unused pages roll over, limitations apply. Additional page set charges and taxes apply during trial.
Refresh plan, options offer and pricing subject to change. Open to new subscribers located in the contiguous United States only. After the free trial period your credit card will be charged on a monthly basis for the Plan Fee, Overages, and Taxes in accordance with the Terms of Service.
Overage fees will apply during free Refresh trial. Your service will continue on a month-to-month basis until you cancel it. May be canceled at any time. Upon cancellation, cartridge will be deactivated and must be replaced at users’ expense in order to continue printing.
Images are for illustrative purposes only. Specifications subject to change. ENERGY STAR and the ENERGY STAR mark are registered trademarks owned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
What's Included
Brother HL-L2460DW Printer
Starter Black Toner Cartridges (approx. 700 pages, ISO/IEC 19752 (Letter/A4))
DR830 Drum Unit
AC Power Cord
Product Safety Guide
Reference Guide
Warranty Card
Quick Setup Guide
Reviews
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Great product, great response and great response!
My product, a HL-2640 Brother printer, has been an excellent printer. The Brother website was a little confusing while locating the driver, but the tech support from the folks at Best Buy was great and solved the problem. Altogether, everything was accomplished very well. I am enjoying the usage of the printer. Thank you very much.
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Easy no frills printer!
Super easy to set up, printed my first doc within 10 mins. So far so good.
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Excellent Printer - Even for Shipping Labels
I’m already a Brother printer fan. I bought one about 10 years ago that I use for printing shipping labels and it’s still going strong. The new Brother printer HL-L2460DW is smaller - roughly 14x14x7 inches. It’s strictly a printer and doesn’t copy or scan. It has a one line LCD screen and 4 navigational buttons - Back, OK, Up and Down. There is no keypad to input letters or numbers. I had a horrible experience with the wireless set up. My first try was through the app. The app told me to press the wireless button and when “Check PC/device” showed on the printer screen to go to the “next screen”. “Check PC/device” showed up on the printer OK, but there was no next screen on the phone or on the printer LCD. The app couldn’t find the printer, the printer timed out, and after 5-6 tries, that was the end of that method. Next I downloaded the set up software and tried that way. The instructions were poorly written and it still couldn’t find the “machine”. The only recommendation was to unplug the router and retry. 10 times of that method got me nowhere. I was just about ready to buy a USB cable and resort to that method when I remembered the printed Quick Setup Guide that came with the printer. On the back was a Manual Wireless Setup section. The instructions omitted some steps that were needed to find the Network menu option using the 4 buttons on the printer, but I was eventually able to find it and then WLAN (Wi-Fi). The printer quickly found my router and I selected it. Then it asked for the Network Key (password), followed by a blank screen. How was I supposed to enter my password without a keypad? The answer is: press the up and down keys to cycle through numbers 0-9, then a lower case alphabet, an upper case alphabet and finally about 20 characters. I couldn’t type ABCabc123 quickly because the next character up was random. It took at least 500 button pushes to enter a 10 character password. That was ridiculous. There should be a way to connect where the password can be typed using something that has a keypad. At least I shouldn’t have to do that too many more times. The menus are a little tedious to navigate with just one line of text and 4 buttons. I was able to find a list of the menu options and sub options in the online manual which helped me find my way around. When I first used the printer, it was quite noisy and made me jump when it started. Changing it to quiet mode helped. I also changed the “Replace Toner” setting from “stop” to “continue” when low toner was detected. The printer is great. The shipping labels are clear and clean. The ink doesn’t smear or chip off. Some other printer brands I tried didn’t get hot enough to fix the toner to the label. There have been no paper jams or network issues. It quickly goes into deep sleep (sleep timing can be adjusted in the menu) but when it gets a print job, it’s ready to print in a few seconds. With any luck I’ll get more than 10 years out of this one too. Like most printers these days, Brother offers a toner refresh program. I haven’t been able to calculate cartridge purchase vs. subscription price because I can’t find TN830 toner for sale anywhere yet. With the subscription (which allows Brother to monitor your printing), 300 pages a month costs $9 and 100 pages costs $3.49. Three cents a page could be a little below retail but if I pay for more pages than I use or if I have to buy additional sets of pages at 5 cents/page, I lose the savings. When printing shipping labels I print on half the page and put it back in the printer to print the other half later. That would count as 2 subscription pages. For now, I’ll just hope that there is enough starter toner to get me through until TN830 is available for sale.
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Great for text, expensive to use
My review is going to focus on setup, build quality, print quality and cost to use. I won’t be repeating specs and features because that’s already stated. The printer was well packed and included a power cord and the drum and toner assembly. The instructions showed how to remove the tape and use a QR code to go get the app(s) you need to set up the printer. I set mine up on my S23 Ultra, iPad and Windows PC via WiFi router. The procedures were easy and I didn’t have a problem. The power cord plugs directly into the printer, no power brick or wall-wart. WiFi connection is dual band. You can also connect via ethernet cable or USB 2. Build quality feels sound and the printer isn’t any noisier than any other. There is a cooling fan on the right side that runs as needed. You can hear it running, but it’s quiet enough as to not be distracting. There’s some function buttons on the top left and a single line alphanumeric LCD display that shows status and scrolls messages when needed. The paper bin is on the bottom. There’s a place to load paper above that for one-off things. Paper discharges on top. See specs for more on paper capacities. Does double sided printing. Print quality is good, but a mixed bag too. I compared it to an HP Laserjet tank 2504DW laser printer and a Canon Maxify GX3060 inkjet printer that uses pigment ink as opposed to dye ink for deeper blacks and colors. See scans. Print Quality Options: Sharpness The Brother’s printer software gives more print resolution options (4) than the HP’s (2) and Canon (3). The Brother offers 300 dpi, 600, dpi (default setting), 1200 dpi and 1200HQ. I couldn’t tell any difference between 1200 and 1200HQ so didn’t include a scan sample of the two. There’s also a setting for printing text or graphics / text. Graphics / text is the default setting and did the best job. Text was only very slightly improved in the Text mode and if you printed any graphics with any kind of gradient, Text mode made it look pretty bad. 600 dpi is the default setting and looks as good as the 1200 setting for text. The 300 dpi did good as well for text. Photos and gradients is where you would see the difference. At 300 dpi the gradients look like pattern dithering you would see in Windows 3.1. It gets better at 600 dpi and looks its best at 1200 dpi. Of course, this isn’t a photo printer, but there are plenty of times where graphics with a gradient to a tone between black and white will need to be printed. That’s why I’m covering it. I printed my test sheet from Photoshop with default settings, and a sample part of another review I did in Google Docs and printed from Chrome at 600 dpi. I scanned it at 1200 dpi to show detail. See scans. Compared to the other mentioned printers: Color to grayscale When printing a color page to grayscale with default settings where the printer handles the color to grayscale conversion, the Brother came in last. The HP first and the Canon inkjet second. I expected the inkjet to win here. The Brother’s output was darker than the others and had lines. The HP did much better, but even it had some lines visible. Tone between black and white is better on the color chips and the two black to white gradient bands are smoother. The Canon did the best with the color chips but where is the yellow gradient to white line at? No surprise that the deepest blacks go to the laser printers. I also included the original file I use to test printers and scanners with. See scans. Compared to the other mentioned printers: Sharpness It’s a tossup between the Brother and HP in default settings (600 dpi) on plain paper. If it were printed on photo paper that doesn’t (barely) bleed, the Canon would win. The Brother’s 300 dpi draft / “eco” mode beats HP’s “eco” mode hands down. See scans. Why I included an inkjet: Just to give readers something else to compare to. Cost to use: The Brother is the most expensive to use based on the cost of toner cartridges, there are two sizes, and the number of sheets of paper they will print per said cartridge. This is going by the industry standard that companies base their specs on. Also, the included cartridge with HL-L2460DW is only a starter cartridge good for 700 sheets. Low price on the front end and high supply cost on the backend. This is a common practice among all companies making printers. Ok if you don’t print much, but if you’re going to be using it a lot, there are other options for less expensive use in the long run. But it will cost you more up front when you buy the printer. The HP I compared it to costs about twice as much to buy, but you refill it with cheaper bottles of toner that produces more printed sheets than either Brother replacement cartridges. It also comes prefilled with 2 bottles of toner. Same with the Canon, but with ink. And it came with 4 full bottles. Not “starter” bottles that are less than one quarter full. The “starter” practice shouldn’t be allowed, and all the printer manufacturers are guilty. The HP is the cheapest to operate of all three. Pros: Easy to set up and use. I like the apps on all the devices I installed it on. I like the little single line LCD display. The HP lacks this. Fairly small footprint. No power brick. Good print quality for the price. Best draft / eco print quality. Replaceable selenium drum. Cons: Expensive to use. Very expensive if you plan on using it for those high duty cycles it’s rated for. Noticeable dithering patterns on gradients and possible on gray tones. Conclusion: If you plan on printing mostly text with low use rates, this will fit the bill. Test is its strong point. For moderate to high usage, I’d consider another printer that is cheaper to use. If what you’re going to print is going to have any kind of graphics that have any kind of shading or gradient that go from light to dark, you might want to consider a different printer. Be it a laser or inkjet.
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Great budget Monochrome (B&W) laser printer
The brother HL-L2460DW is an excellent low cost and efficient printer. I use Brother laser printers from monochrome to color and all have been great. The 2460DW is replacing a Brother 2070N I got in 2006 that lasted through multiple drums and toner and never stopped cranking out paper. But it’s gotten old. I got it in 2006 for $140 and the 2460DW is basically the current version of it now for an MSRP of $160. More memory, more features, and 17 years of improvements. I got the 2460DW because I want an Ethernet port on the printer to connect to my home network. Anyone operating wirelessly can still connect and print to the printer. The printer also has wireless (2.4GHz and 5GHz bands) built in, and an USB connection. One big difference between the 2460DW and the non ethernet versions, the 2400D and the 2405W, is the 2460DW has double the memory of them. The 2460DW has 128MB RAM the others only 64MB RAM. The 2460DW also prints faster in single and double sided mode than the other two versions. The 2460 is compact, about 7”x14” and 15lbs. and holds 250 sheets of paper (20 lbs). It has automatic double sided printed if wanted. It comes with a standard toner cartridge, ~1200 pages, and has an XL cartridge, ~3000 pages. The cartridges are the TN830 and TN830XL respectively.
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Budget friendly laser printer
The Brother - HL-L2460DW is a nice budget friendly printer with duplex printing that’s great for a home office. Setup is easy and straightforward with the brother app and even someone who isn’t good with setting up tech can have it up and running quickly. Besides the duplex printing feature the other big feature for me is being able to print from an iPhone or iPad via AirPrint. Using more and more mobile devices this is a huge convenience when not on my pc. Though I’m not sure it’s needed with a printer, it is capable of using either 2.4ghz or 5ghz wireless spectrum. While using the app to setup the machine is easy, the app doesn’t have much functionality. You can use it to print, though with AirPrint you don’t need to. You can’t update the firmware for the machine with the app which is kinda surprising. When you try it directs you to Brothers website and wants you to create an account. Not the end of the world especially if you are using this with a pc, as it can easily be done from there. Overall, it’s a nice budget friendly printer with good speed and duplex printing.
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Excellent printer
Excellent printer, I just love it. printed 3k+ pages in a month and it works great. Just had to buy TN830XL high yield cartridge. thank you team best buy for awesome product!
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You Can't Go Wrong With This One
So happy with this purchase. Not only was this printer set up and running in under 10 minutes, but it prints seamlessly from both my phone and my laptop. I went laserjet to save on ink long-term
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Great printer
I love this printer! It works like a dream, I’ve printed well over 1000 pages since I’ve had it, and it is smooth sailing every time . Very simply to wake from deep sleep, never issues with paper jams, always 100% reliable for me. It doesn’t take up much space either, that and it’s not loud is a bonus! Definitely recommend!
