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 4,400 user and expert reviews and 60+ awards from hundreds of different review sites.

Brother are recognised for their good selection of mid-range and 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 $2,399 for the MFC-8910DW which has a print speed of 40ppm and is a 1200 x 1200 laser printer. The average price of a new Brother laser printer is $450.

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.

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.

There's a smaller selection of Brother laser printers available compared to other laser printer brands, with only 18 Brother laser printers currently on the market in the US. Brother laser printers also tend to be more expensive than most other laser printer brands making them 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.

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
	2		1	4	2
		1	2	2
	3	1	1
	1	3
		3
		1	1	1
	1				1
	2
	1	1
	1				1
		2
					2
	1
		1
		1
		1
					1
					1
		1
	1
Other Expert Sites	1	2		1
Total	14	18	5	8	8

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 HLL3270CDW ($0).