Should You Buy a Brother Laser Printer?

Brother is well known for its inkjet printers.
If you are wondering how Brother laser printers compare to other brands, our guide below collates all the key info in a single place. We've compared 710+ laser printers by objectively and impartially analysing over 4,900 user and expert reviews and 70+ awards from hundreds of different review sites.
Brother are recognised for their good selection of popular laser printers and start at $89 for the HL-L2300D which has a print speed of 26ppm and is a 2400 x 600 laser printer and go up to $378 for the HL-L8350CDW which has a print speed of 30ppm and is a 2400 x 600 laser printer. The average price of a new Brother laser printer is $252.
Is Brother the Best Laser Printer Brand?
So are Brother laser printers any good? We give every laser printer a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all laser printers we are able to impartially rank all the laser printer brands.
Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that Brother is the 10th best laser printer brand out there.
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United States
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95% |
95%
109 reviews
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#2 |
United States
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95% |
95%
1,167 reviews
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#3 | 86% |
86%
367 reviews
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Japan
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81% |
81%
300 reviews
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#5 | 81% |
81%
10 reviews
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South Korea
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80% |
80%
1,370 reviews
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#7 | 79% |
79%
143 reviews
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United States
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71% |
71%
2 reviews
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#9 | 71% |
71%
1 review
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#10 |
Japan
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68% |
68%
0 reviews
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Pantum
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60% |
60%
0 reviews
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Let's look at how Brother laser printers compare to the other laser printer brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.
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There's a smaller selection of Brother laser printers available compared to other laser printer brands, with only 16 Brother laser printers currently on the market in the US. Brother laser printers also tend to be cheaper than most other laser printer brands however they are still a less popular choice with consumers.
Whilst Brother have a number of interesting features including Google Cloud Print, overall they tend to be less feature rich than their competitors.
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Average Price
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$0 | $100 | $200 | $300 | $400 | $500 | $600 | $700 | $800 | $900 | $6,499 |
How Many Industry Awards Have Brother Laser Printers Received?
After checking thousands of expert review websites we couldn't find any industry awards for Brother laser printers. The table below shows the number of awards received by the most popular laser printer brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.
Compare all award winning laser printers
Number of Awards | HP | Xerox | Canon | Samsung | Lexmark |
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Features to Look Out For On Brother Laser Printers
There's a number of great features to look out for on the latest range of Brother laser printers that set them apart from the competition. These include Google Cloud Print.
Brother Google Cloud Print
Brother laser printers that feature Google Cloud Print include the Brother HLL2350DW ($170).
What is the Best Mid-Range Brother Laser Printer?
Brother HLL3210CW
$229.69
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2400 X
600 DPI |
18ppm
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14s
TIME TO FIRST
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45dB
PRINT NOISE
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250 Sheets
STANDARD
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A great mid range choice, priced at $229.69 is the Brother HLL3210CW, which has a Kagoo Score of 59.
A good spec but 2 year old 2400 x 600 DPI laser printer.
76
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Good Features |
59
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Average |
The cheapest price that we could find for the HLL3210CW in the US is $229.69 but in total we found only 1 price for it.
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