Brother HL-1212W Mono Laser Printer | PC Connected & Wireless | Print | A4 | UK Plug

Needed a printer for very occasional use, but remember the bad experience of my previous inkjet printers..Cartridges drying out inbetween uses, ink running out at vast expense after no time at all really put me off getting another.. until I heard of laser printers...Having a nose on Amazon, expecting to pay well for losing these inkjet hassles, I came across two Brother laser printers at under £70. This included the first toner laser cartridge (basically ink, but in dry powder form that doesnt dry out or clog) which work for up to 1000 full page prints with the starter cartridge, but offer 5000 with cartridge replacements!Supplied inkjet starter cartridges running out after a week or so, then being presented with a cost greater than the actual printer to replace them, also seems to make laser a no brainer for those wishing to print only black and white and on a budget.There were two models at the sub £70 mark, and I chose this cheapest HL-1212w one at £64. The downside was that it will not automatically print on both sides of the paper (at the £70 one does), plus for me (more critically) this one is smaller and fit perfectly my small office needs.You can manually reload on this model to print both sides if you wish, although I recycle paper anyway (plus finished documents look much nicer one sided anyway).Setup was easy.The Vine reviewer here (who was given the version with the 5 cartridges and 3 year guarantee for free in order to review it) surely must have been reviewing a different printer?Far from being flimsy & cheaply made (when compared to his more expensive and older Brother machine), I find it the opposite despite actually paying for mine. Yes, it may not be as sturdy as older and more expensive printers, and basing a review upon that might seem unfair.Just because a cheap Sekonda watch isnt a Rolex watch doesnt make it any less functional at telling the time..From a budgetary perspective, it does what it says it does, is ridiculously cheap in doing so, looks good and completes prints quickly.Replacement cartridges (originals) cost around 30 quid. Non originals cost as little as £7.The drum (which encapsulates the toner (ink) cartridge needs replacing around every 2 years.. Also £30 for an original and as little as £7 non original...I may risk non original, as most of the reviews state no problem in doing so and similar reviews to the originals.All being well, that's ongoing printing for no money whatsoever...Setting up on pc is easy with the included disc, and despite no included usb cable, none is needed down to the wifi feature.My pc recognised and connected with it immediately. I at first wondered where the Brother printing app interface on the pc was, but printing on the pc is easy and basically down to just clicking "print" in windows whilst actually viewing the document or item you require printing. A small Brother window then opens with simplistic options, with all needing doing then pressing "print".I rarely turn my pc on these days, but forget the faff of having to do that with this printer..Simply download the Brother printing app to your phone, and you can simply print documents that you receive via email even in another room in the house. Given that a smartphone is in fact these days what a PC is anyway, you can do everything from your phone anyway.Given the ridiculous low price, lack of problems setting up, reliability I have found already, robustness, simplicity, cheap and reliable toner (ink) and consumables on offer with this laser printer, I'm giving it five stars.I will come back to my review if there are any issues or downsides in the meantime, so you can view the date my review was published and feel confident that my printer is still going strong.I'm hoping it goes on for years, and actually suspect it will.Extremely pleased :)

Is only just arrived and tbh I didn't bother with the software. This printer is very easy to set up on windows 10.Simply install the toner cartridge, such the printer on and then hold the lower green button until it flashes. Then on your router press the WPS button and wait. After a minute or so the printer will print a sheet confirming WiFi is successful.Now on your computer, while on the same network, go into printers and add wireless printer. This will show up, select it and your done. It took me no more that 10 minutes once out of the box.Print quality is as you'd expect from a laser printer, it's fast enough for light work and toner is cheap.. also, unlike some other brands you're not tied to own brand toner, the can be had for a little as £8 each

Good price, easy to set up, clear printing, ok with a4 and a5 paper

Awful printer which simply refused to connect to wifi, espically via WPS.After hours of frustration in which I moved the printer and router directly next to each other, changed wifi channels and frequencies, tried it on another router and more to no avail, I packed it up and returned it.Brother after sales support didnt reply or respond.All it ever printed was error messages, although the print quality was decent!Dont waste your time.

As a light printer user, I was fed up of replacing the costly ink jets cartridges which dried up after very little use so after research bought this monochrome laser printer. So far it's excellent. Within 15 minutes of delivery I had set it up on my Samsung phone and tablet and was printing away. Had no issues at all, used the WPS on BT hub and it connected within a couple of minutes. Downloaded the app from Brother and it just sync'd the phone and tablet to the printer. The instructions included with the printer were very straightforward. I also connected it to an Iphone for another member of the family. So easy to set up, I wished I had bought this sooner.

This printer was delivered super fast! I wasn’t expecting it for another three days and was pleasantly surprised when it arrived early and in time for Christmas. It’s a nice design and a nice compact size wich is exactly what I needed for my work area. I havnt used it yet to comment on how it works but the setup was really easy and took 5 mins. Very happy! Big thank you to the seller

Good printer in a compact size. I have Sky Internet. WPS did not work - printer could not detect the router. Not had an issue with WPS on other devices before until now. Since they do not cost much, I suggest purchasing a USB printer cable when you purchase the printer.

What a really nice and small, simple compact printer. Does what it needs to do! Wireless setup is a pain but it's not impossible. It definitely took me a few tries.If anybody wants any advice it would be to follow the WPS setup route