Hello everyone it’s Ben from Printerbase, and in this video, we’ll be taking a look
at the HL-L2360DN from Brother.
This is a mono laser printer, providing great quality black and white prints for single
users and small work groups printing up to 2,000 pages per month.
The toner cartridges for this machine are rated for up to 1,200 pages for the standard
yield, and 2,600 pages for the high yield.
Here at Printerbase we always recommend the higher yield cartridges as these offer the
lowest cost per page, and contribute to a lower total cost of ownership.
This printer is most cost effective, when printing at lower volumes.
Printing anywhere between 250 and 1000 pages per month is ideal with this machine.
If you’re printing any more than that, we’d recommend something like the HL-5450DN, which
offers a lower cost per page at higher print volumes.
To find out more about the 5450DN, just click the i at the top of the screen to check out
the review.
Back to the 2360.
This machine only weighs around 7kg, this is thanks to the compact and simple design
of the machine.
With the device you get all of the warranty and guarantee information you’d expect,
a power chord, drivers for both Mac and PC, a drum, and a 700 page toner cartridge.
Use the quick start-up guide when setting up, and you’ll be printing in no time.
Moving on to paper handling, this machine can carry up to 250 sheets of standard office
paper, and there’s also a 1 sheet manual feed slot.
This can be used for thicker paper, weighing up to 163gsm and things like envelopes.
The main tray is only rated for paper weighing up to around 105gsm, so bare that in mind
when loading the tray.
You don’t want to put anything in there that’s too thick, as you’ll likely cause
the printer to jam.
If you connect this printer to a wireless network you can use Brother’s iPrint&Scan
app from mobile devices, and this machine is also AirPrint compatible.
AirPrint is an Apple technology that allows iOS and OSX users to connect and print to
certain devices, without the need for a driver.
With it, it's easy to print full quality documents from your Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch,
without having to install additional software.
This feature makes it great for sharing on a network, so if you’re running a coffee
shop or a waiting room for example, people can print without hassle.
In terms of performance this machine does really well.
On its fastest setting it can reach speeds of up to 30 pages per minute.
Which leaves most of its competition behind.
There’s also double sided printing which makes documents look a little more professional
and helps you save on paper.
Another great paper saving feature is N-up printing.
This allows you to print more than one page of a document on a side of paper.
You could condense up to 25 pages of a document into one side of A4 paper, I don’t know
why you’d go that far, you’d struggle to read it, but the features there is you
want it.
Poster printing is the opposite.
This allows a document to be spread over as many as 25 A4 sheets of paper.
Great for getting big prints, without the big printer.
The print text in black feature is also one to note.
Coloured text can sometimes be a real pain for mono printers,
but with this machine, you just enable the feature, and all the text in your document
is converted to black.
Finally there’s a feature called PDF Archive, which is extremely useful if you want to keep
a digital copy of everything you print.
This basically makes a PDF version of every job you send to the printer and stores it
on your computer.
This way, if you ever loose a print out, you know exactly where to look to get a new one.
There you have it, the HL-L2360DN from Brother.
Perfect for lower print volumes, easy to set up and use, and with all of the paper saving
features, it’s cost effective too.
If you’d like to know anymore about this printer, just click the i at the top of the
screen, go to printerbase.co.uk, or give us a call.
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I’m Ben, and thanks for watching.