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Brother HL-3142CW

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36 user ratings
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4 stars
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3 stars
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2 editorial reviews
The Brother HL-3140CW color LED printer's output quality is a touch below par, but it offers fast speed, good paper handling, and Wi-Fi Direct for easy mobile printing.Read more
The Brother HL-L3270CDW is a decent printer for both home office and student use. It has an impressive printing speed and a low cost-per-print even if you are co...Read more
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Pros

  • good text and graphics is good enough
  • The output is easily good enough to print recognizable images from Web pages
  • great connectivity and an outstanding mobile app

Cons

  • no Ethernet connector on the printer
  • shouldn't have any real issues with the text output
  • printer doesn't support external storage like a USB or SD card

Key specs

  • 333 MHz
  • yes
  • 33, 53 dB
  • 100 sheets
  • yes
  • no
  • LED
  • 2400, 600 dpi

Brother HL-3142CW - Pros & Cons

Brother HL-3142CW

Pros

  • good text and graphics is good enough
  • The output is easily good enough to print recognizable images from Web pages
  • great connectivity and an outstanding mobile app
  • It has a quick response time and has good visibility whether
  • It has a remarkable black and color page yield
  • it yields many pages and has an excellent cost-per-print

Cons

  • no Ethernet connector on the printer
  • shouldn't have any real issues with the text output
  • printer doesn't support external storage like a USB or SD card
  • toner cartridge costs slightly more
  • No supports for external storage devices
  • It takes longer to print the first page

Brother HL-3142CW - Full Specifications

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General
Colour printingyes
Internal memory64.0 mB
Supports duplexno
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Dimensions
Height9.45 in
Width16.14 in
Depth18.31 in
Weight38.36 lb
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Printing details
Printing technologyLED
Maximum resolution2400 x 600 dpi
Printing colours
  • Black
  • Cyan
  • Magenta
  • Yellow
Warm-up time24.0 s
Time to first page (colour, normal)16.0 s
Time to first page (black, normal)16.0 s
Print speed (colour, normal quality, A4/US Letter)18.0 ppm
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)18.0 ppm
Print speed (draft, colour)18.0 ppm
Print speed (draft, black)18.0 ppm
Economical printingyes
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Paper handling
Total output capacity100.0 sheets
Total input capacity100.0 sheets
Paper tray media weight60 - 105
Paper tray media types
  • Bond paper
  • Envelopes
  • Glossy paper
  • Labels
  • Plain paper
  • Recycled paper
  • Thick paper
  • Thicker paper
  • Thin paper
Paper input type
  • Cassette
  • Sheetfed
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)
  • A4
  • A5
  • A6
Maximum ISO A-series paper sizeA4
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)
  • B5
  • B6
Non-ISO print media sizes
  • Executive
  • Folio
  • Letter
  • Legal
Custom media width76.2 - 216
Custom media length116 - 355.6
Media supported
  • A4
  • A5
  • A6
  • Letter
  • B5
Tray capacity100
Number of trays1
Paper storage (capacity included)250.0 sheets
Paper storage (max capacity)250.0 sheets
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Storage
Built-in hard driveno
Memory card supportno
Included memory capacity64.0 mB
Writes to CD / DVDno
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Design
Colour of productGrey,White
Stand-by LEDyes
Power LEDyes
Blue Angel certifiedyes
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Display
Displayyes
Display typeMonochrome
Touchscreenno
Display number of lines1
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Technical details
Built-in processoryes
Processor speed333.0 MHz
Maximum duty cycle30000.0 ppm
Recommended duty cycle0 - 1500
Page description languagesGDI
Number of print cartridges4
Colour printeryes
Colour toner includedyes
Black/white toner includedyes
Capacity of supplied colour toner1000.0 pages
Capacity of supplied drum15000.0 pages
Capacity of supplied black/white toner1000.0 pages
Linux compatibilityyes
Mac operating systems supported
  • Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
  • Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
  • Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
  • Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
  • Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Windows operating systems supported
  • Windows 7 Enterprise
  • Windows 7 Enterprise x64
  • Windows 7 Home Basic
  • Windows 7 Home Basic x64
  • Windows 7 Home Premium
  • Windows 7 Home Premium x64
  • Windows 7 Professional
  • Windows 7 Professional x64
  • Windows 7 Starter
  • Windows 7 Starter x64
  • Windows 7 Ultimate
  • Windows 7 Ultimate x64
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 8 Enterprise
  • Windows 8 Enterprise x64
  • Windows 8 Pro
  • Windows 8 Pro x64
  • Windows 8 x64
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 8.1 Enterprise
  • Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64
  • Windows 8.1 Pro
  • Windows 8.1 Pro x64
  • Windows 8.1 x64
  • Windows Vista Business
  • Windows Vista Business x64
  • Windows Vista Enterprise
  • Windows Vista Enterprise x64
  • Windows Vista Home Basic
  • Windows Vista Home Basic x64
  • Windows Vista Home Premium
  • Windows Vista Home Premium x64
  • Windows Vista Ultimate
  • Windows Vista Ultimate x64
  • Windows XP Home
  • Windows XP Home x64
  • Windows XP Professional
  • Windows XP Professional x64
Server operating systems supported
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows Server 2003 x64
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 x64
  • Windows Server 2008 x64
  • Windows Server 2012 x64
Operating relative humidity (H-H)10 - 90
Operating temperature (T-T)0 - 40
Noise level33 - 53
Sound pressure level (printing)53.0 dB
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Connectivity
Interfaces
  • USB
  • USB
  • Wireless LAN
Network readyyes
Ethernetno
Wi-Fiyes
Wi-Fi standards
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • IEEE 802.11g
  • IEEE 802.11n
Security algorithms
  • 128-bit WEP
  • 64-bit WEP
  • 802.1x RADIUS
  • APOP
  • EAP-FAST
  • EAP-TLS
  • EAP-TTLS
  • HTTPS
  • LEAP
  • PEAP
  • SMTP-AUTH
  • SNMP
  • SSL/TLS
  • WPA-PSK
  • WPA-TKIP
  • WPA2-AES
  • WPA2-PSK
  • WPS
Direct printingyes
Communication protocol
  • AirPrint
  • GDI
  • Google Cloud Print
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Power
AC input voltage220.0 V
AC input frequency50.0 Hz
Operational power consumption (min-max)60 - 335
Power consumption (printing)335.0 W
Power consumption (standby)60.0 W
EnergyStaryes

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