Brother HL-L2460DW Wireless Compact Monochrome Laser Printer with Duplex, Mobile Printing, Black & White Output | Includes Re

4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars | 14,133 ratings

Price: 159.99

Last update: 01-11-2025


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BEST FOR HOME OFFICES & SMALL TEAMS – Engineered for consistent, premium print quality, the Brother HL-L2460DW Monochrome (Black & White) Laser Printer produces documents that are clear, crisp, and easy to review and share, all at an affordable price
COMPACT, CONNECTED, EXCEPTIONALLY EFFICIENT– Connect with built-in dual-band wireless (2.4GHz/5GHz), Ethernet, or to a single computer via USB interface. Prints at speeds up to 36ppm(2), plus automatic duplex printing saves time and reduces paper waste
BROTHER MOBILE CONNECT APP – Manage your wireless 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 high-volume black & white printing with the 250-sheet capacity paper tray.(4) The manual feed slot enables printing on envelopes and specialty paper
BROTHER IS AT YOUR SIDE – Backed by Brother with a 1-year limited warranty and free online, call, or live chat support for the life of your printer
CHOOSE BROTHER GENUINE TONER – When it’s time to replace your toner, be sure to choose Brother Genuine TN830 or TN830XL replacement toner. And with Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service, you’ll never worry about running out of toner again and you’ll enjoy savings of up to 50%(5) on Brother Genuine Toner. Get started with Refresh today with a Free Trial(1)

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Top reviews from the United States

Oxocopper
5.0 out of 5 stars Very quiet, quick, easy set up
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2024
We just wanted a simple laser printer because I was tired of buying jet ink or dealing with clogs, I wasn't using color enough to make it worth it. We haven't used this printer a ton but it's so easy to connect to, easy to use, super fast and prints beautifully. Extremely quiet. It is a little bulky but that's the breaks and I wasn't expecting anything small - it's sturdy and easy to dust. In terms of scanning: I don't know how to do that on this printer - but Amazon requesting info on that for this review - sorry dudes! But I'm glad we bought it, it makes printing paperwork easy!
Rocky
5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Easy to set up
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2024
I’m 71 years old & if I can set up this printer anyone can! ???? I did sign up for the ink supply program for 0.91 cents a month tax included. You also get premium support with that. The girl helped me & was knowledgeable about the product. It prints fine from my I-Phone, but not my Windows 7 or 10 computer. The driver is not compatible. I love the fast & great printing quality of this product! Highly recommended!
alicia
5.0 out of 5 stars Really Nice; Easy to set up
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2024
My Epson died this spring and I tried to replace it with a Canon because I never really liked the Epson to begin with — it seemed like I was replacing ink every 10 pages. The Canon was a nightmare. It would not communicate with my phone or my laptop. I returned it and bought this Brother. Super quick delivery, easy easy setup to my WiFi which is mesh WiFi and seemed to send that Canon for a loop. Super happy with this purchase even though I’m nervous about how much the replacement cartridges will cost!
Chuck Starks
4.0 out of 5 stars Tricky to Use in iOS X Land
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2021
First, I have purchased 3 of these printers:
- One for child in college.
- One for my home office (use it for PCs, Macs, iPhones, iPads)
- One for some elderly relatives who had to futz with their old inkjet printer each time they used it (they're printing from PCs and iPhones).

We all love them. And let’s face it … 95% of what we print doesn't need to be in color. This printer is fast, prints duplex with ease and the ink cartridges last a long time and it doesn't get gummed up like ink jets do after a period of non-use. It has saved us $$$ by not needing to purchase as many ink cartridges.

I’m only giving 4 stars since in the beginning I had issues with iOS devices not finding the printer. I’m not intimidated by any technology as I've been around it a long time - but this took a lot of digging to figure out. Now that I’ve finally got the iOS issue resolved these printers are perfect for our needs.

This is what I’ve done to make these printers work well with iOS devices:
- First - Do Not use the WPS connection mode. Use a Printer USB cable connected to a computer to set up the wifi on this printer. Make sure you find your SSID and enter your wifi password.
- Turn off Deep Sleep Mode (see the review by Winnie NG for instructions or other instructions for this printer)
- Extend the sleep time (mine is at 50 minutes)
- Set Auto Off at 1hr (not sure if this is needed but I suggest it anyway, it will not power off since it will be asleep before the hour comes up)
- Once all this is done … power-down the machine and restart it.

The second reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is that despite changing the printer's drum and following every set of instructions provided by Brother and others, the beast still says "The optical photoconductor needs to be replaced." According to Brother a new drum replaces the optical photoconductor, therefore the photoconductor does not need replacing a second time and all Brother's instructions to turn off this incorrect error message fail.

****** Update *******
I found that the printer sometimes goes away and is not discoverable by my Apple devices and the printer must be rebooted. However there seems to be a fix for this as well. If you enable IPv6 Protocol on the printer it is always visible to my Apple devices.

Warning this is not for the faint of heart, but should be is easy enough for the average user.

Step 1)
First you must find your printer's network IP Address. Do this by printing out the Printer's Network Configuration.
On the Printer:
Push the Up Key (+) until you see Machine Info. Displayed and Press OK
Push the Up Key (+) until you see Print NetSettings and Press OK
A Network Configuration Page will print. On this print out you will find the printer's IP Address. It should be something like this 10.0.0.XXX

Step 2)
Open a Browser on your computer and input this URL: http://<printer_IP_Address>
This will open up the web configuration interface

Follow this navigation to enable IPv6:
Network Tab > Protocol
Click on the Advanced Settings link for AirPrint
Click on IPv6 (Wireless)>>
Select IPv6 as Enabled and make the selection to Enable this Address (no need to fill anything out) and click on the Submit button

The printer always shows up as an available device in all our Apple devices.

See https://www.amazon.com/Brother-Monochrome-HL-L2350DW-Two-Sided-Replenishment/product-reviews/B0763WDSYZ for Winnie NG's instructions about sleep mode
Bobbler
1.0 out of 5 stars Quicker to drive to Kinkos (ALWAYS OFFLINE).. Grrrrrrrrr.
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2022
EDIT: 112822
MAYBE FIXED.. BUT IT SHOULDN'T TAKE 9-MONTHS..
Leaving stars low because:
EVERY OTHER WI-FI Device I can thing of just works, without all the hours of swearing..

So, “here’s what happened” (Monk).. maybe:

When I first got the printer it wasn’t working, which is why I tried something per an Amazon review; disabling ipv6..
(Amazon reviews, LOL.. Now i feel stupid for trying it.. but I had to try something)..

Last week I was staring at my wifi settings and noticed ipv6 formats.
Which I enabled on the printer.. Power-cycled everything.. and since then at least the iPhone sees the printer (still ng on the iPad, but at least I can print.. after 9-months).
Arguably I could have called brother for support, but as I said all other wifi things I have just ”work” (and there never seems to be a good time to wait on hold when I can just drive to Kinkos).

111622:
HOW CAN THIS PRINTER HAVE 4.5 STARS?

I HAVE A TMOBILE router (5G, but provides home wifi), and a new’ish iPhone (anyone else gave the combo)?

Trying to print my absentee voting form (so I can vote against Hershel walker):

Sometimes I can print from the iPhone after power cycling the router and printer (I don’t ever remember being able to print from the 2021 iPad); — but I just Power cycled ALL-THREE (the printer, the T-Mobile router, and the iPhone booted) about five times.

Over the past (almost a) year I tried variations of resetting, hoping to find a sequence that works.. NO PATTERN HAS EMERGED, other than resetting everything over and over, and sometimes it randomly works (for maybe 5-minutes then goes off-line).. Makes me feel like that old comedy “HAL open the pod bay door” (try asking Siri about that).. I only reset everything five times tonight, it seems like six times usually works (maybe there’s an app in the printer just screwing with me, because all my other Bluetooth and Wi-Fi devices have no problems).

Generally power down all three, then power up the router first and wait for Wi-Fi (which I can see on my Roku and on iPad), and then I power off the iPhone and the printer (feels like I’m at work).

Sequentially takes time, so five resets is pushing an hour now that I’ll never get back. Not getting any satisfaction (like getting my 2-page ballot application printout).

I bought this darn printer so I wouldn’t have to go to Kinko’s for anything during the pandemic. Maybe I’ll try again tomorrow, and reset everything over and over.. But I might have to since voting against walker is an emergency right now.

EDIT: 092122:
First time I tried to print something since July, where it took over an hour to get it to print.
AND GUESS WHAT? PRINTER NOT ONLINE AGAIN!!! NEITHER DEVICE (Air print my a. )..
I’ve already killed 10-min rebooting and power cycling devices and printer, then trying to print again from both devices..
SAME!!! (As back in July when it took me over an hour to print some thing), I find myself contemplating chucking this thing in the garbage.

Knocked off another star, and I’m very comfortable now with 1-star being where it belongs..

Because with todays technology the darn thing should stay connected, or at least connect back up without an hour of troubleshooting.. I don’t care if it’s my 5G router front-mobile, or whatever.. “because” other devices like my (Roku) for example is always connected (at least 98% of the time.. and e]when it’s not a power cycle and it’s working again).

Again, if I really needed to print something, it would be quicker driving to the Kinko’s that is 25 min away (50-min round trip)..
Totally worthless to casually print a shopping list for example.. I’ve gotten in the habit of not even bothering (because I expect it not to print).
This is unacceptable..

[older edit]:
Hovering b/t 1-2 stars.. 2-stars because people more likely to read.. There is no reason it needs to be this hard to print something.. Because my phone and iPad always connect to my internet router.. so does my (Roku).. Same for my old router (phone & (Roku) and oaf all 3, connected permanently and never forgot their connections).. My work laptop connected to the router no problem.. Wi-Fi printing should be settled technology by now.. This printer was advertised to work with apple (AirPrint), so what’s the problem? I give up.. If it continues to be a PITA; I’ll eat the $150.. it’s going in the trash..

EDIT: 070422:
SAME OLD SAME OLD..
Over an hour to print today (last time 3H troubleshooting)..
GOOGLE Always has the same list of things to check and recheck over & over again until the COWS come home (same WIFI, not in airplane mode, etc).

Now neither my phone or pad can see the printer. I power cycled pad, phone and printer.. no change.. I went in and made sure IPV6 was set to no (no change). I hope I’m not in for another 3-HOURS of troubleshooting like last time. I guess I’ll try typing in the darn Wi-Fi password again on the printer (THAT TAKES 20-MINUTES at least .. because it’s a four word password.. and I only gave devices.. cannot plug in a laptop).

Confirmed, the darn printer forgot the damn Wi-Fi password again (same as it did two days ago).. It’s a P.I.T.A! to type in that long Wi-Fi password with two buttons (I think it forgot the password because the field was blank, and after I typed it in again, it connected to the router immediately). EDIT: I think I entered the password again because the interface made me believe there was no password (if the green light is not flashing, I now believe it’s connected)

NOW COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TROUBLE (from last time);
Now neither phone nor pad can see the printer..
If they can’t make a printer that works wirelessly, you think there would be a port so you could run a darn USB cable across the floor or something..

Also I’ve been getting the low toner message, and I barely used the printer (I doubt I’ve printed 200 pages of normal text). Screw this, I’m about ready to chuck this thing in the garbage and buy some other printer (before sinking more money into this thing).

Who the hell has time to troubleshoot a printer every time you want to print a recipe or a grocery list?

EDIT: 070222:
3-HOURS TROUBLESHOOTING; turned ipv6 off (on the printer), and then could print from iPAD (phone was apparently working the whole time).. I listed to an expert somewhere in the comments to turn ipv6 on to stop the deep sleep (and forgetting the wifi password), but now I’m not sure this was ever a problem to begin with.. Verified for HL-L2350DW, turned off ipv6 on the printer and iPAD printing started working immediately..

EDIT: (same day):

Changed from 1 to 3-stars (because I don’t know what the trouble is).
When I looked at the printer it remembered the Wi-Fi name, but the password field was blank..
It took 20-min to type in that 4-word Wi-Fi password (with the two buttons).. And it connected immediately.
So PROBLEM; forgets that long password..

But I just now figured out it prints from iPhone, but not iPad (both are new models up to date software).
So maybe it’s apple screwing he instead of brother (2H of my life this session I’ll never get back)..

So I bumped it up to three stars..

[original]:
A PRINTER HAS ONE JOB (1-star)!
It always takes AN HOUR OF SCREWING AROUND to get it to print anything..
It would be quicker to drive to kinkos..

Why am I blaming the printer?
Because I see amazon reviewers with the same problem, and I see hundreds of people with the same problem in apple help communities ie: “I have this problem too” button)..

When I do finally get it to work it’s a mystery how it got fixed..
So every time takes the better part of an hour (and sometimes I just give up trying)..
It would be easier to write my grocery list by hand..

Darn thing is always offline, and defies all attempts to get it online again..
If it were only a one time setup I’d get over it, but after a few months a “CLEAR” pattern has formed;

I’m using apple devices (AirPrint), and successfully connected the printer to both my old router, and my new router.. I suspect the problem is it drops its Wi-Fi connection to my router, but that’s the last thing I want to mess with because It’s NOT a joy to stand there 30+ minutes using two buttons to enter those long network passwords..

I dread screwing with the dreaded two buttons again, but I believe this is what it needs...
It takes so damn long to type in the passwords I can’t bend over that long because I’ve had back surgery
(seriously thinking about chucking this POS in the garbage)..
It makes it worse I have to use a flashlight and a magnifying glass the see the super tiny LCD screen..

It’s 3am,
I’ve got my flashlight, and I’m off now to screw with the two printer buttons again (that I’ve become much more familiar with than I wanted)..
Grrrrr.
YendorZ
5.0 out of 5 stars It works great!
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2024
Print output is crisp and clear, and this thing is *(extremely* fast!
Setup was practically non-existent, on both Windows 10 and 11 - it just worked, and that was over wi-fi (I manually entered my SSID and password, and the printer did the rest!).
It's also compact and lightweight.

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