Sneak Peek to Brother HL-3140CW Color LED Laser Printer

Brother’s wide range of laser printers, whether monochrome or colored are certainly of the best quality. Some may give negative feedback about these machines, but honestly if you think Brother Printers aren’t good enough, well they are way better than most of the competition. One of their highly competitive printer models is the Brother HL-3140CW Color LED printer which offers a pack of nice features. If you’re interested about this unit, read through below as we give you a sneak peek of what this HL printer can provide.

The Brother HL-3140CW has a WiFi interface for wireless printing, but it’s mostly useful for the unit’s WiFi Direct support. It’s a feature where users can easily print files and documents through using their tablets, smartphones, and laptops. If a printer that supports WiFi and mobile printing seems like a great choice for you, then this model is more than just good enough that what it looks like.

It’s extremely fast for a color laser printer at 19 pages per minute in color mode, while mono printing shares the same print speed. Although there are laser printers that can offer faster print engine, can they offer high-quality results? The HL-3140CW is an LED color printer that instead of using the typical laser lights to create printouts, it uses LED lights to produce printed images and documents. Plus, it’s a factor that most LED printers are generally lighter and more compact compared to non-LED laser-jet devices.

Since it targets small-sized offices and work groups, the unit’s maximum input capacity is somehow low at about 250 sheets as standard. Optional upgrades to expand paper input capacity are not available, thus users are bound to keep their regular printing low. Such capacity may suffice for a micro office or a small work group, or possibly better for a home office printer. Considering its wireless capability, it gives you a flexible option to share the unit with everyone as long as the printer is still capable of handling a few more users.

Although the HL-3140CW is intended for color laser printing, it’s a bit less reliable with graphics quality. The consumables it uses particularly the Brother TN225 toner cartridges (CYMK) are dead on par when it comes to producing high-quality images. It’s not about how the machine transfers the image to the printed material. In fact, LED printers are more capable of creating vivid and clear outputs compared to laser types. Perhaps the unit is not actually built mainly for graphic printing with professional-looking results, but still it can be used for such purposes. While the level of quality for monochrome printing is definitely above average.

Overall, the Brother HL-3140CW is a tough competitor to be considered with all these features. If only it can provide better paper handling and higher graphic results it can possibly get a better position on our list of top LED printers. But let’s not forget that it also caters WiFi connection and Wi-Fi Direct, which is actually the unit’s most striking feature though.