Compact and efficient, the Brother HL-L3230CDW is a desktop friendly colour laser printer designed to be desktop friendly. Output speed is a reasonably quick 18ppm (at 5% coverage), though if duplexing function is used this does work rather more slowly. Brother describes the HL-L3230CDW as a desktop printer, but with a 41cm by 46cm footprint, it’s a little large to share a desk with.

Copying and scanning are as straightforward: a few seconds after switch-on, press the touchscreen for what you want and feed the originals in. LEAP, EAP-FAST, PEAP, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS), Kerberos WEP 64/128 bit, WPA-PSK (TKIP/AES), WPA2-PSK (TKIP/AES) *Wi-Fi Direct supports WPA2-PSK (AES) only. It's not just a printer, and has a lot of additional features too, such as an ADF on the scanner as well as the flatbed.It includes USB, Ethernet and wireless connection options, in addition to supporting a wide variety of mobile printing options, including Google Cloud Print and AirPrint. The paper capacity is ample at 250 sheets and the print resolution is good and high at 600 x 2,400 when optimised. I am not looking for anything over the top as regards to a printer as its just for craft projects such as transferring an image on to glass, candles etc but would still like good quality images, so are ink refills expensive? This is an efficiently functional, boxy, but pretty rugged all in one wireless printer/scanner/copier. Brother’s recommended monthly volume is 300 to 1,500 pages, which means you can work this machine pretty hard.

Combine this with automatic 2-sided print and quick print options from both your phone and tablet, this machine gives you the peace of mind required when running a business. The printer also offers wireless connectivity, which allows you to print straight from your mobile or tablet, as well as a large 250 sheet paper capacity and fast print speeds of up to 25ppm, with duplex printing as standard. As with all laser/LED printers, you will also need to replace the drum unit, in this case after about 18,000 pages. The built in 250 sheet paper capacity allows you to keep working longer without having to replenish the paper tray. If it fails to detect the printer, you won't be able to go to the next step on the installation wizard, where it downloads and installs the relevant driver for your printer on your Windows device.The Brother HLL3230CDW digital color printer with automatic duplex printing is desktopfriendly, fast and perfect for home and small offices. With noise output at just 45dB from printing or 43dB in quiet mode, this is the ultimate no distractions printer.

For many small businesses print remains an essential requirement, often overlooked, until something goes wrong. The whole purpose of having a wireless printer is to be able to print on the fly without having to troubleshoot every time you want to print something. Our industry expertise allows us to develop sound commercial propositions for vendors and profitable opportunities for reseller partners.For the money, you might expect to see a touchscreen interface, or NFC/Bluetooth connectivity, but we would rather pay for better build and print quality, which the Brother HL-L3230CDW delivers. The app (for iPhone anyway) is rather basic and seems old as it’s not user friendly or particularly easy to others I’ve used. The wireless Brother HL-L3230CDW is an entry-level colour printer that is equipped with an LED array rather than a laser.