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Brother HL-2700CN

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Pros

  • better performance and output quality
  • The printer was very consistent with 6
  • monochrome text and graphics very crisp

Cons

  • color speeds are not nearly as good
  • printing in color will come at a heavy price
  • color print speed falls severely behind its black and white print rate
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Key specs

  • 300 MHz
  • yes
  • 54, 66 dB
  • 250 sheets
  • yes
  • yes
  • Laser
  • 600, 600 dpi
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Brother HL-2700CN - Pros & Cons

Brother HL-2700CN

Pros

  • better performance and output quality
  • The printer was very consistent with 6
  • monochrome text and graphics very crisp
  • with great detail

Cons

  • color speeds are not nearly as good
  • printing in color will come at a heavy price
  • color print speed falls severely behind its black and white print rate
  • lack of a bypass tray or frontloading slot is very disappointing
  • only starter cartridges
  • had bad color matching and some banding
  • built-in paper capacity is rather small

Brother HL-2700CN - Full Specifications

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General
Colour printingyes
Internal memory64.0 mB
Supports duplexyes
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Dimensions
Height15.16 in
Width18.9 in
Depth16.54 in
Weight67.24 lb
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Printing details
Printing technologyLaser
Maximum resolution600 x 600 dpi
Warm-up time45.0 s
Time to first page (colour, normal)19.0 s
Time to first page (black, normal)13.0 s
Print speed (colour, normal quality, A4/US Letter)8.0 ppm
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)31.0 ppm
Print speed (draft, black)31.0 ppm
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Paper handling
Maximum output capacity250.0 sheets
Total input capacity250.0 sheets
Maximum input capacity250.0 sheets
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)A4
Maximum ISO A-series paper sizeA4
Maximum print size210 x 297 mm
Media supported
  • A4
  • A5
  • A6
Supports automatic duplexyes
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Storage
Built-in hard driveno
Maximum memory capacity576.0 mB
Memory card supportno
Included memory capacity64.0 mB
Writes to CD / DVDno
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Design
Colour of productGrey
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Display
Displayyes
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Technical details
Built-in processoryes
Processor speed300.0 MHz
Colour printeryes
Mac compatibilityyes
Noise level54 - 66
Sound pressure level (printing)66.0 dB
Sound power level (standby)54.0 dB
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Connectivity
Interfaces
  • Network
  • Parallel port
  • USB
Network readyyes
Communication protocol
  • PCL 5c
  • PCL 6
  • PostScript
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Power
Operational power consumption (min-max)< 630
Power consumption (printing)630.0 W
Power consumption (standby)200.0 W

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Published: 08.07.2004
Brother HL-2700CN

Brother HL-2700CN

By Jeffrey Fuchs
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