Brother HL-L3220CDW Wireless Compact Digital Color Printer with Laser Quality Output,Duplex & Mobile Device Printing Includes

4.2 | 3,779 ratings

Price: 249.99

Last update: 01-10-2025

About this item

HLL3220CDW

Product information

Product Dimensions

15.7"D x 15.7"W x 9.4"H

Controller Type

Android

Printer Media Size Maximum

8.5 x 14 inch

Included Components

Toner Cartridges

Print media

Envelopes, Paper (plain), Card stock, Labels, Glossy photo paper

Max Input Sheet Capacity

250

Display Type

LCD

Compatible Devices

Smartphones, PC, Tablets, Laptops

Maximum Color Print Resolution

2400 x 600 dpi Dots Per Inch

Sheet Size

8.5 x 11, 8.5 x 14, 4 x 6 Inches

Maximum Black and White Print Resolution

2400 x 600 dpi Dots Per Inch

Warranty Type

Limited

Dual-sided printing

Yes

Initial page print time

Less than 15 seconds

Duplex

Automatic

Hardware Interface

USB 2.0

Ink Color

color

Additional Printer functions

Print Only

Control Method

App, Touch, Voice

Compatible Cartridge

TN229BK; TN229M; TN229C; TN229Y; TN229XLBK; TN229XLM; TN229XLC; TN229XLY; TN229XXLBK; TN229XXLM; TN229XXLC; TN229XXLY; DR229CL

Is Electric

Yes

Number of Trays

Model Series

HLL3220CDW

UPC

012502666462

Item Weight

24.7 pounds

ASIN

B0CFCYYZLM

Item model number

HLL3220CDW

Customer Reviews

4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 3,568 ratings

4.3 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#3,948 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
#8 in Laser Computer Printers

Date First Available

August 10, 2023

Manufacturer

Brother

Country of Origin

Vietnam

Top reviews from the United States

Top G.

Brother makes another great workhouse!

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2024

I've been a fan of their black and white laser printer, but this is a game changer! It was truly plug and Play. The color is beautiful and the speed is decent. When you consider how much it cost to print in color at an office supply, this is a no-brainer. The duplex feature is a plus. I can't wait to try out remote printing. You can't go wrong.

Kevin A. Phillips

Simple, Easy, Excellent

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2024

After my last "High Priced" Printer somehow got ink on the rollers indefinitely, it was easier to order a new printer. Fortunately, Brother offered this one which was extremely easy to set up and get connected to the home network (wirelessly) in under 10 minutes. Printing from iPhone, iPad or other devices (laptop, desktop) is just as easy. Quality is FIVE STAR!

Mark D.

Nice printer

Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2024

Prints well, what I didn't try and will not try is the resupply service because of cost and how restrictive it seems to be. If you are looking for a small printer for your at home office this is it.

Shervin

Excellent But Has Bugs

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2024

This is the most compact unit by Brother that adds the color capability to the previous generation's flawless and excellent "black and white only" printer I owned and was super happy with. Like its predecessor, the speed of processing is fast, there is rarely if ever a jam paper situation and if you run into one, it is easily remedied. Connection to the computer and devices are also a breathe.

Also, you get an incredibly high number of prints before having to replace the cartridges. In contrast to the garbage ink guzzling bug ridden Canon printers that used up ink at jaw dropping rate. There is also black and white only print mode, so you won't use the color cartridges for black and white prints. You can also print on both sides of a page to prevent waste of paper.

It doesn't have a scan function but that is really superfluous these days. You can use your phone or a dedicated camera set up to take photos with an overhead fixture with as much resolution if not more without limitation of the size that a built in scanner would impose or if you have serious scanning needs, you can invest in a standalone scanner. What is more important to me is the reduced weight and compact size of the unit.

There are some issues with this unit that I found the solution to, which I didn't run in the ultra reliable black and white only model I used earlier. Occasionally, the prints you send to the queue abruptly disappear. The printer makes a noise and appear to be processing the job but then it stops. When you look at the queue list, the file is gone. You do not get an error or an explanation as to why this has happened. I am on Mac by the way OS Ventura.

After troubleshooting I found out that very high resolution files are not liked by the printer. If this happens to you, reduce the resolution of the print jobs you send to the printer. I had created a number of high resolution 300DPI files and they invariably ran into this issue. Sometimes a complicated file name that has numbers, atypical characters, etc and is too long runs into the same issue. You have to rename the file to something simpler and then it prints.

I have also printed designs on thick cardboard greeting cards and envelopes and it does an excellent job but you might run into jam errors depending on the thickness of the cards. The fix is very simple. You just open the tray and take the jammed card out and try again. Almost invariably the 2nd try works and the card itself is not chewed up or damaged. This is the most amazing thing about this printer; it leaves the paper intact if there is a jam. By the way the jamming only occurs with specific thicker paper types like this cardboard greeting card. Otherwise, I've never ran into an issue with label sheets, other paper types, etc.

The print quality is very good. It dries fast as well so no worries about smudging the ink.

Upgrading the firmware can be made easier. You have to go the link on the web that may trigger unsafe link warning from your browser (Brother suggests to ignore it and proceed with the link) in order to get to the section that allows you to upgrade the firmware. You have to enter the password printed in the back of the machine to complete the step. I much rather have this done via the application for the printer. Nevertheless the firmware were updated but I didn't get a notice that a new update was available. I only learned of the update when I searched manually.

WARNING: CANNOT RESET TONER

Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2020

(In case you don’t care to read the following essay, I just need to say, Amazon is amazing and their customer service always goes above and beyond. THANK YOU AMAZON. Ceasing with the butt kissing now.)

Unless you love wasting money and toner, DO NOT BUY THIS MODEL!

Imagine this nightmare I'm living:

You have a project due the next day, but you're not sweating it. This printer is new, it's not going to give you any problems. Except it decides it's done using the toner left in its cartridge. It hasn't even made it to 1,000 pages - it makes it to 799. Are those 799 full ink pages? No. It's mostly one address per page printed in size 14 font. This printer has been hijacked until you buy a brand new Brother brand toner cartridge. You then spend an hour with a Brother rep:

Us: Yes. I need to reset the toner. I was able to do it on previous models by pressing cancel and secure, but the buttons aren't working on this one.
Brother Rep: I can help you with that!
Us: Thank you, that would be great.
Brother Rep: You are welcome.
Brother Rep: Did you replace the toner?
Us: No, it doesn't need to be replaced, it needs to be reset.
Brother Rep: Are you getting an error on the brother machine's display?
Us: Yes, it says replace toner cartridge black (bk).
Brother Rep: Thank you. Did you recently replace the black toner cartridge?
Us: No, it has not been replaced since we bought it, we've hardly used it.
Brother Rep: Thank you.
Brother Rep: Thank you for waiting. There is no toner reset steps for the HLL3210CW. Also, the machine comes with a starter cartridge that prints approximately 1,000 pages.
Brother Rep: The approximate toner yield is in accordance with the testing protocol ISO/IEC 19798 (Letter). The testing protocol involves continuous printing of a 5% coverage sample page of text. Users who typically print documents with a toner coverage higher than 5% should expect a lower page yield per toner cartridge.
Brother Rep: In order to remove the "replace toner" message, you would have to replace the toner cartridge.
Us: So because the black toner is "out", the entire printer is hijacked? What if I no longer wish to print with black ink, and only want to use yellow, magenta, or cyan?
Brother Rep: <SPAN><DIV><DIV>Your printer is designed to stop ALL printing operations when any of the toner cartridges have reached their end-of-life.
Us: So Brother completely did away with being able to reset the toners?
Brother Rep: No, however, your machine does not have the option to reset the toner count. If there is an issue with the toner, you have a 90 day warranty.
Us: The printer itself has a 1-year warranty. What does that cover? Brother Rep: One moment.
Brother Rep: I am still working with you.
Us: Great
Brother Rep: Thanks.
Brother Rep: Thank you for waiting. The 1-year warranty covers a 1 year exchange for any mechanical malfunctions.
Us: I feel this issue is a mechanical malfunction since the three previous Brother printers had manual toner reset functions, but I'm guessing Brother doesn't feel that way?
Brother Rep: Please wait.
Brother Rep: Please press the up or down arrow and select machine info.
Us: okay
Brother Rep: Then check the page counter.
Us: Black is at 799. Does it count how many pages come out of the machine?
Or how many full 8.5x11 pages of ink have been used? Because the main thing we use this printer for is printing one address on a 5x7 piece of paper.
Brother Rep: How many pages.
Brother Rep: The starter cartridge that prints approximately 1,000 pages.
Brother Rep You will need to replace the toner.
Brother Rep: The testing protocol involves continuous printing of a 5% coverage sample page of text. Users who typically print documents with a toner coverage higher than 5% should expect a lower page yield per toner cartridge.
Brother Rep: If you would like to confirm this, please contact s via phone. Phone support is available at 1-877-276-8437. We are open Monday through Friday, 9am to 9pm Eastern time.

Commencing rant: Depending on which Brother printer you have, how well you Google and YouTube, and whether or not you have turned off the auto-update firmware, you might be able to reset the toner, which will allow you to (SHOCKINGLY) use up the toner that's still left in the cartridge. Often, for hundreds of pages more. However, Brother is a greedy planet hater, a killer of the environment. They would rather you spend your hard-earned money and throw a still-good chunk of plastic away than actually let you use up what they have given you, what you have already paid for.

We should be allowed to use the ink until it starts to fade! I have the right to a barely readable printout! I have the right to chose to switch to blue ink if the black is out. Except Brother says I don’t. I have to buy and replace the black ink before I can use any other ink. "Sucks to be you," says Brother.

C Winegar

Great printer!

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2024

Fantastic printer, took a little time to setup but now runs great! Very happy with purchase.

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