Its packing premium features like a touchscreen, NFC and USB Host port too.
Print quality is high so long as youre not printing photos or using heavy paper.
Its also expandable with an optional paper tray available.
The print rate for Letter paper is given as 31ppm, or 30ppm for fractionally larger A4 paper.
Thats slower than rivals like the Xerox VersaLink B600DN, but still fast.
That takes a few minutes, then the printer takes a few more minutes to warm up.
There is also a companion app called Brother Mobile Connect to help you.
Between the touchscreen interface and this intuitive app, operating the Brother HL-L8245CDW/HL-L8240CDW is a breeze.
The quoted print rates are accurate enough, which means duplex printing is especially impressive at 12ppm.
It looks like a professional dark black too, unlike the dark grey you sometimes get with black toner.
The C/M/Y toners are not especially vivid, so our mixed color documents looked fine rather than wow.
When it comes to photos, the muted colors make for a somewhat flat finish despite the accurate printing.
Printing on envelopes was perfectly fine, but heavy paper stock was a problem.
Anything over 163g/m2, which is the surprisingly low recommended weight limit, got jammed inside while auto duplexing.
It is well equipped too, offering a 30-page multi-purpose tray, NFC connectivity and a USB Host port.
Auto-duplex printing is among the quickest at 12ppm while the strong print quality gives you very professional-looking handouts.
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