Brother DCP-L2640DW Wireless Compact Monochrome Multi-Function Laser Printer with Copy and Scan, Duplex, Mobile, Black & Whit

4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars | 9,401 ratings

Price: 199.99

Last update: 01-11-2025


About this item

BEST FOR SMALL BUSINESSES – Engineered for extraordinary productivity, the Brother DCP-L2640DW Monochrome (Black & White) 3-in-1 combines laser printer, scanner, copier in one compact footprint and delivers high-quality black & white prints
FAST PRINTER WITH EFFICIENT SCANNING – Produces documents quickly with print speeds up to 36 ppm(2) and scan speeds up to 23.6/7.9 ipm(3) (black/color). A 50-page auto document feeder(4) allows for convenient, time saving multi-page scanning and copying
FLEXIBLE CONNECTION OPTIONS – Easily navigate the changing demands of your business with secure multi-device connectivity via built-in dual-band wireless (2.4GHz / 5GHz) and Ethernet. Or connect locally to a single computer via USB interface
BROTHER MOBILE CONNECT APP – Print, scan, and manage your wireless printer anytime, from almost anywhere from your mobile device. Order Brother Genuine Supplies, track toner usage, and complete more work on-the-go(5)
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%(6) on Brother Genuine Toner. Get started with Refresh today with a Free Trial(1)

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Top reviews from the United States

Vaughan Otter
5.0 out of 5 stars I like it
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2024
I've always hated inkjets, don't use them enough, so they would leak and clog up. They're not really more affordable if I wind up tossing them after a few years.

This was not hard to set up, on a Linux network yet, without having to use the app. The prints, including images, look fine. If you need a printer for high quality images, it might not be right for you, but I only need it for text documents. It's fast and quiet. Machine construction seems solid, good quality. Replacement cartridges cost less than ink cartridges.
Bee
5.0 out of 5 stars I like everything about this printer.
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2024
I like that set up was easy to follow using the Brother Easy Set Up. Thats a good idea. I read over everything before the printer arrived, so I knew what to expect. I had an extra ethernet port on my router and an extra network cable on hand and I went with setting up that way. I started set up at 1:24pm and was finished & setup was complete at 1:57pm. I checked my printer settings in my pc and it was all there, printed a test page.
Get Started With Easy Print put 3 icons on my desktop. I was expecting a big headache. Not so. Didn't happen and I am happy. Over the hill age wise.. Read first. Prepare.
I love this printer. It is quiet and prints so fast that I thought it was just getting ready to print when it stopped making noise. Hah~ it was done printing. Holds a lot of paper in the tray. No paper hold tray like I was used to , it just stacks up with popping out and falling to the floor. Nice print. Cool.
Ian
5.0 out of 5 stars A nice printer
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2024
While I'm spoiled by the pictographic touchscreen on my Brother MFC–L3770CDW which this printer doesn't have, this printer is nevertheless a very nice unit. Its output is beautiful, as output from a black-and-white printer goes – the blacks are pure and vivid, which they aren't always on my 3770, and it's not a great noisemaker like some printers.

The one issue I had in setup was that my Mac seemed to have an outdated driver on it or something that it tried to use to communicate with the printer, causing it to sometimes take 10 or 15 or 20 minutes for the printer to print, and to sometimes not print at all. When I went into the Printers and Scanners pane on the computer, it interestingly showed this machine as a fax but not as a printer. So I started by deleting this machine from the Printers and Scanners pane and adding it back in. This caused the printer to show up as a printer, but I noticed when I did this that the computer did not choose AirPrint as the driver like it had the 3770, but chose some other generic driver...and the print delay/failure issue persisted. So finally I deleted all the devices from the Printers and Scanners pane and added this one back in again, whereupon the Mac did choose Secure AirPrint as the driver and all printing problems were resolved.

When connected to wifi, the printer's wifi button lights up a steady green, which is great for letting you know the printer is successfully connected to the network but less great if you plan to sleep in the same room as the printer. My solution for this is to go into the printer's menu and go Network -> WLAN (wi-fi) -> WLAN Enable (I believe it's called) and set that to Off for the night, which causes the green light to turn off, and then to go through the process again and re-enable the WLAN in the morning. This allows me to turn off the green light for sleeping without having to set up the network connection all over again in the morning (entering the password for the network is a bit of a pain on this machine as it doesn't have any form of alphanumeric keypad, so you have to just use the plus and minus buttons on the front to go through numbers, symbols, and the alphabet in sequence until you get to each character you want to enter, which is a bit arduous and time-consuming, so you really don't want to do it any more often than is absolutely necessary). Once it's all set up, however, it's quite the nice printer and if you're in the market for a black-and-white printer, I can recommend this one.

Update: I've stopped disabling the wifi to turn off the green light as I've found that, once re-enabled, the connection can behave badly as described above, with way-too-long print times and so forth; nowadays I choose the much less elegant but more effective and less troublesome option of putting something black (e.g., a sock) over the green light at night so the connection will not be broken, which in turn has proven effective in keeping the printer printing as one expects it to. A more elegant solution that would serve the same purpose might be to find a little black plastic cap for...something...that just covers the green-lit wifi button. But you get the idea: your objective is to block the light at night without interrupting the wifi connection so problems don't arise from the latter scenario.

Enjoy!
Vim
4.0 out of 5 stars Efficient and Reliable - A Solid Choice for Small Offices
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2024
I recently purchased the Brother DCP-L2640DW for my home office, and it has been a productive addition to my workspace. The compact design is perfect for small areas, yet it doesn’t compromise on functionality.

Pros:

The print speed is impressive, with up to 36 pages per minute, making quick work of even the largest documents1.
Duplex printing is a breeze, which helps save on paper costs and is better for the environment2.
The 250-sheet paper tray is ample for my needs, and I appreciate the 50-page auto document feeder for scanning multiple pages at once1.
Wireless connectivity options are robust, offering both Ethernet and dual-band Wi-Fi, which means I can print from multiple devices with ease1.

Cons:

While the print quality is generally excellent, I’ve noticed that it can be a bit light on very fine details.
The initial setup was a bit more involved than I expected, but once configured, it has worked flawlessly.
Sierrasierra
5.0 out of 5 stars ALL THE REPORTS OF HARD SET UP ARE WRONG
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2024
Works great, clear print, easy to connect. Copying well. Setting up scanning is slightly challenging, but support was helpful. So glad I purchased and great price for all in one home laser
JOSHUA D GOLDMAN
5.0 out of 5 stars Brother for dependability and ease of Use
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2024
I actually purchased this for my 85 year old father. He does a lot of business even at his age, and wanted a printer and scanner to replace his separate stand alone units. But he's VERY non-tech savvy. After years of fighting with inkjet All-in-One scams, I bought this until to get him taken care of. First, it's a Brother Laser printer. It's going to print for years with the original cartridge, although I did get him a spare. Second, it's fast, it's quiet, and it'll just work.

But best of all for him, it comes with a wired connection! I get it, and I know, wireless gives you a lot of options, but it's also a point failure when networks drop, the printer falls off the network (rare, but happens), or any number of issues that are minor annoyances to the tech friendly, but are nightmares for those who aren't. And explaining a WLAN setup from 600 miles away is a big no.

So something that's all but plug-and-play in 2024? This thing is the best. Shipped it, sent him the setup video, and he managed it himself and was scanning and printing without problems.

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