Brother · HL
HL-L8240CDW
The HL-L8240CDW is Brother's compact business A4 colour LED printer, printing only, suited to a small office that prints colour documents and wants Gigabit Ethernet, a touchscreen and security features.
- Type
- Laser
- Colour
- Yes
- Does
- Pages a minute
- 30
- Both sides
- Yes
Specifications
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- Type
- Laser
- Colour
- Yes
- Speed, black
- 30 pages a minute
- Speed, colour
- 30 pages a minute
- Resolution
- 600 × 600 dpi
- Prints both sides
- Yes
- Printing detail
- Electrophotographic LED, which uses toner and a drum like a laser; 2-sided printing at up to 12 sides a minute; 512MB memory; PCL5e, PCL5c, PCL6, BR-Script3 (PostScript 3 emulation) and PDF 1.7; secure print, Universal Print, print from USB flash drive and quiet mode
- First page out
- Up to 12.5 seconds, black or colour
- Ink or toner
- Four TN248 toners (1,000 pages black, 1,000 colour), TN248XL (3,000 black, 2,300 colour) or TN249 (4,500 black, 4,000 colour); DR248CL drum (about 30,000 pages), BU229CL belt (about 60,000 pages), WT229CL waste toner box (about 50,000 pages)
- Page yield
- Toner in the box for 2,600 black and 1,400 colour pages; yields declared to ISO/IEC 19798
- Duty cycle
- Up to 4,000 pages a month recommended
Scanning and copying
- Does
- Document feeder
- No
Paper
- Largest paper
- A4
- Paper tray
- 250 sheets
- Paper sizes
- Input 250-sheet tray plus 30-sheet multi-purpose tray, up to 500 sheets with the optional LT-310CL 250-sheet lower tray; tray A4, Letter, Legal, Executive, A5, A5 (long edge), A6, B5, B6, A4 Short, Folio, 16K; multi-purpose tray 76.2–216 mm wide by 116–355.6 mm long, envelopes COM-10, DL, C5 and Monarch; 2-sided A4 only
- Paper types
- Tray plain, thin, thick and recycled paper, 60–163 gsm; multi-purpose tray also bond, labels, envelopes and glossy paper, 60–163 gsm; 2-sided 64–105 gsm
- Output tray
- 150 sheets face down
Connections
- Connects by
- Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Direct and USB
- Connection detail
- Hi-Speed USB 2.0; front USB host port; Gigabit Ethernet; Wi-Fi 2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n and 5GHz 802.11a/n; Wi-Fi Direct; WPS; supports external NFC card readers
- Printing from phones
- Apple AirPrint, Mopria, Brother Print Service Plugin; Brother Web Connect
- App
- Brother Mobile Connect (Android, iPhone and iPad)
- Control panel
- 6.8cm colour touchscreen
Design
- Weight
- 16.8 kg
- Power use
- 560 W printing, 310 W in quiet mode, 70 W ready, 10 W sleep, 0.45 W deep sleep, 0.04 W off; TEC 0.47 kWh a week
- Noise
- 48 dB(A) printing, 43 dB(A) in quiet mode, inaudible when ready (sound pressure)
- Size
- 399 × 446 × 274 mm (W × D × H)
- In the box
- Printer, four toners, drum unit, belt unit, waste toner box, power cord, quick setup guide, warranty card
Pros and cons
Pros
- 30 pages a minute in both black and colour
- Gigabit Ethernet, 5GHz Wi-Fi and a front USB port for printing from a flash drive
- Toner in the box for 2,600 black and 1,400 colour pages
Cons
- Prints only; no scanner or copier
- 2-sided printing drops to 12 sides a minute
- 600 × 600 dpi print resolution
Closest rivals
Model | Type | Colour | Does | Pages a minute | Both sides | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laser | Yes | 25 | Yes | May 2024 | ||
| Laser | Yes | Print, Scan, Copy, Fax | 33 | Yes | Mar 2023 | |
| Laser | No | 30 | Yes | Oct 2023 |
Sources
- store.brother.co.uk/devices/laser/hl/hll8240cdw
- brother.eu/-/media/Product-Downloads/Devices/Printers/HL/HLL8240CDW/HL-L8240CDW…
- brother.ee/about-brother/news/2023/pr-fcl-launch