The Brother HL-2270DW laser monochrome printer provides a viable alternative to the classic bottomless money pit that has become today's inkjet printer. Modern photo, tricolor, and high-capacity ink cartridges can cost anywhere from $20 to $100 per refill, so multiply that by your volume of prints and try not to balk at the true cost of operation. As an alternative, supplementing a printer setup with an inexpensive black-and-white laser printer can cut costs in home offices that cycle through black ink cartridges with text-only documents. Although it's not without its shortcomings such as poor graphic document output, the Brother HL-2270DW balances out with speedy text printing and simple 802.11 b/g wireless for $149.99.

With improvements to its output speed, the Brother HL-2270DW improves on its legacy model and provides small businesses an efficient output device for high-volume black-and-white prints.

The Brother HL-2270DW lives up to Brother's reputation for reliable; easy-to-use; wireless monochrome laser printers.

The printer struggles to provide visually acceptable graphic documents.

With improvements to its output speed, the Brother HL-2270DW improves on its legacy model and provides small businesses an efficient output device for high-volume black-and-white prints.

The Brother HL-2270DW lives up to Brother's reputation for reliable; easy-to-use; wireless monochrome laser printers

The printer struggles to provide visually acceptable graphic documents

We can't fully recommend it based on the consumable prices we've seen. However, if they drop significantly, we could well be upgrading it to an award.

Today, we have a full review of the HL-2270dw, the flagship of the HL-2200 lineup. At $149.99, the HL-2270dw combines a small footprint with fast print speeds, automatic duplexing, and built-in networking (including wireless connectivity).  Will it truly fit in both a small office and a home...

Compact footprint; Quick print speeds; Wireless connectivity

No display; No standalone cancel

At first glance, the Brother HL-2270DW printer looks like an ideal solution for a small business or home office. Available for a very reasonable ￡168, the HL-2270DW is a simple, small mono laser printer that Brother says will offer you wireless capability, duplex printing and an output speed of...

This budget-minded, basic mono laser is the perfect combination of price, performance, and feature set for small and home offices with moderate document-printing needs.

Fast; High-quality output; Low cost of consumables for price range

Bare-bones; unintuitive controls; Complicated Wi-Fi setup; A few parts are flimsy

Brother's new mono laser range aims to cover all the bases. It starts with the HL-2240's 250-sheet tray and 24ppm claimed speed, then adds a duplexer for the HL-2240D, networking and a speed boost for the HL-2250DN, and wireless to all that for this, the flagship HL-2270DW.

Brother's new mono laser range aims to cover all the bases. It starts with the HL-2240's 250-sheet tray and 24ppm claimed speed, then adds a duplexer for the HL-2240D, networking and a speed boost for the HL-2250DN, and wireless to all that for this, the flagship HL-2270DW.

The Bottom Line The Brother HL-2270 laser printer offers a lot of the conveniences of heavier-duty Brother laser printers such as the Brother HL-5370DW , such as wireless networking and built-in duplexing--and it's about a hundred dollars cheaper.

Very fast; Built-in duplexer; Wired / Wireless networking built in and easy to set up; Small footprint; Inexpensive

Single-sheet manual feed slot; No mobile-printing or memory-card printing

Smaller businesses looking for a mono A4 laser printer for single-user or small workgroup environments are likely to find devices like the Xerox Workcentre 3550 prohibitively expensive. A far cheaper,...