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If you are a small business looking for a networking, fast color laser for less than $1,000, you might have found your match with the Brother HL 2700 printer using Brother HL 2700 toner (http://www.qtoner.us/Brother-HL-2700-Toner-Cartridges). It compares very well with its Lexmark and Samsung counterparts in quality and speed, while offering a much lower price tag. This type of printer is designed for small businesses or workgroups that require a fast monochrome printer, but who also need the occasional color job. You might find various extras some printers now come with, like duplexing, but these are available as extras if you really need them and want to pay the extra price for the use of same.

The printer design is very functional. It is your generic beige 15.2 x 18.9 x 16.5 boxlike printer, an average size for color laser printers. It is very easy to use with an intuitive control panel on the left hand side, next to the sheet tray. The tray comes included with a practical extender and a paper stop, which is great to keep legal sized paper contained in your tray.

Maintenance of this unit is stress free with a very easy to open and close toner panel. The toner cartridges are easily inserted and come in four individual Brother HL printer toners (http://www.qtoner.us/brother.ink). The single nature of each toner is nice as it provides substantial savings in toner costs. The colors of the toners are cyan, magenta, yellow and black. The printer does come with the standard starter toner package that should print around 3,000 pages. Buying a spare toner set might be a good idea, sooner rather than later. Connectivity is not an issue with a Base T Ethernet and high speed 2.0 USB connection, which will keep you well covered.

The software included is very easy to use and comes with its own page at Brothers' website that provides help and troubleshooting guides. The software is compatible with Windows and Apple products throughout the range of operating systems.

The big selling point of this printer is its speed. At 18.5 pages per minute it is one of the fastest black and white printers of its class, which is after all the most used type of printing. In color it is actually the fastest, surpassing all its competitors.

If you are missing accessories like a duplexing unit or a larger sheet tray you can always expand this printer by buying the DX-2700 upgrade for $999. You can also buy expanded RAM, which will provide you with more capacity you are ever likely to need.

This printer is a great option for small businesses and corporate settings that require fast and reliable printing. Toner costs are reasonable and available extras are very useful. The image quality is excellent, although it could be slightly improved for color graphics printing.

The best features of the Brother HL 2700 printer are its speed, low price and available expansion. The bad features are its low capacity sheet tray and its improvable color printing. However, this is printer will exceed the expectations of most small businesses and provide speed and quality for an excellent price.