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Release date: Aug. 23, 2018
Height 252 mm
Depth 461 mm
Width 410 mm
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Brother HL-L3230CDW laser printer review

Brother HL-L3230CDW. Print technology: LED, Colour, Maximum resolution: 2400 x 600 DPI. Maximum ISO A-series paper size: A4. Duplex printing. Display: LCD. Network ready, Wi-Fi. Product colour: Grey

Brother’s HL-L3230CDW continues to bring the highest LED laser quality to small businesses. This standalone colour printer provides 2400dpi quality by default giving you professional laser quality prints out of the box without the hassles of configuration. Providing print speeds of up to 24ppm in monochrome and colour, delivering a wide range of connectivity options giving you the ability to quickly and efficiently print from your preferred devices and built with the same robust quality that has earned Brother continuous awards for reliability, you have a complete device that will maximise productivity, deliver professional quality print and is designed to go the distance.

  • Fast print speeds of up to 24 pages per minute
  • Large paper capacity of 250 sheets
  • Automatic 2-sided (duplex) printing
  • Wired and wireless connectivity
  • Easily print from your mobile or tablet
  • 256MB memory
  • Up to 1,000 pages in-box toners

Brother HL-L3230CDW laser printer specs

Display

Display: LCD

System Requirements

Server operating systems supported: Windows Server 2008,Windows Server 2008 R2,Windows Server 2012,Windows Server 2012 R2,Windows Server 2016
Mac operating systems supported: Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra, Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra
Windows operating systems supported: Windows 10,Windows 10 Education,Windows 10 Education x64,Windows 10 Enterprise,Windows 10 Enterprise x64,Windows 10 Home,Windows 10 Home x64,Windows 10 IOT Core,Windows 10 Pro,Windows 10 Pro x64,Windows 7,Windows 7 Enterprise,Windows 7 Enterprise x64,Windows 7 Home Basic,Windows 7 Home Basic x64,Windows 7 Home Premium,Windows 7 Home Premium x64,Windows 7 Professional,Windows 7 Professional x64,Windows 7 Starter,Windows 7 Starter x64,Windows 7 Ultimate,Windows 7 Ultimate x64,Windows 7 x64,Windows 8,Windows 8 Enterprise,Windows 8 Enterprise x64,Windows 8 Pro,Windows 8 Pro x64,Windows 8 x64,Windows 8.1,Windows 8.1 Enterprise,Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64,Windows 8.1 Pro,Windows 8.1 Pro x64,Windows 8.1 x64

Power

Energy Star Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC): 0.9 kWh/week
Power consumption (PowerSave): 1 W
Power consumption (standby): 75 W
Power consumption (off): 0.04 W
Power consumption (printing): 390 W

Paper Handling

Custom media length: 116 - 355.6 mm
Custom media width: 76.2 - 215.9 mm
Multi-Purpose Tray media weight: 60 - 163 g/m²
Paper tray media weight: 60 - 163 g/m²
Envelopes sizes: C5,Com-10,DL,Monarch
Non-ISO print media sizes: Executive, Folio, Legal, Letter
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9): A4,A5,A6
Multi-purpose tray media types: Bond paper, Envelopes, Glossy paper, Labels, Plain paper, Recycled paper, Thick paper, Thicker paper, Thin paper
Paper tray media types: Plain paper, Recycled paper, Thin paper
Maximum ISO A-series paper size: A4

Packaging Data

Package weight: 21.5 kg
Package height: 372 mm
Package depth: 513 mm
Package width: 589 mm
Manual: True

Weight & Dimensions

Weight: 18 kg
Height: 252 mm
Depth: 461 mm
Width: 410 mm

Ports & Interfaces

Standard interfaces: Ethernet, USB 2.0, Wireless LAN
USB 2.0 ports quantity: 1

Input & Output Capacity

Paper input type: Cassette, Sheetfed
Multi-Purpose tray input capacity: 1 sheets
Multi-Purpose tray: yes
Total output capacity: 150 sheets
Total input capacity: 250 sheets
Total number of input trays: 1

Network

Mobile printing technologies: Apple AirPrint,Brother iPrint & Scan,Google Cloud Print,Mopria Print Service
Web-based management: yes
Supported network protocols (IPv6): NDP, RA, DNS resolver, mDNS, LLMNR responder, LPR/LPD, Custom Raw Port/Port9100, IPP/IPPS, SMTP Client, FTP Client and Server, CIFS Client, TELNET Server, SNMPv1/v2c/v3, HTTP/HTTPS server, TFTP client and server, ICMPv6, SNTP Client, Web Services (Print/Scan)
Supported network protocols (IPv4): ARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, APIPA(Auto IP), WINS/NetBIOS name resolution, DNS Resolver, mDNS, LLMNR responder, LPR/LPD, Custom Raw Port/Port9100, SMTP Client, IPP/IPPS, FTP Client and Server, CIFS Client, TELNET Server, SNMPv1/v2c/v3, HTTP/HTTPS server, TFTP client and server, ICMP, Web Services (Print/Scan), SNTP Client
Security algorithms: 64-bit WEP,128-bit WEP,802.1x RADIUS,EAP-FAST,EAP-MD5,EAP-TLS,EAP-TTLS,HTTPS,IPPS,PEAP,SMTP-AUTH,SNMPv3,SSL/TLS,WPA-AES,WPA-PSK,WPA-TKIP,WPA2-AES,WPA2-PSK,WPA2-TKIP
Wi-Fi standards: 802.11b,802.11g,Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Wi-Fi Direct: True
Cabling technology: 10/100Base-T(X)
Ethernet LAN data rates: 10,100 Mbit/s
Network ready: yes
Ethernet LAN: yes

Performance

Sound pressure level (printing): 45 dB
Processor frequency: 800 MHz
Built-in processor: yes
Noise level (ready): 33 dB
Sound pressure level (quiet mode): 43 dB
Internal memory: 256 MB

Printing

Economical printing: yes
N-up printing: 2,4,9,16,25
Print technology: LED
Secure printing: yes
Warm-up time (from sleep mode): 24 s
Time to first page (colour, normal): 14 s
Duplex print speed (colour, normal quality, A4/US Letter): 6 ppm
Duplex print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter): 6 ppm
Duplex printing mode: Auto
Duplex printing: yes
Maximum resolution: 2400 x 600 DPI

Design

Built-in display: yes
Product colour: Grey
Market positioning: Home & office
Colour: True

Key Features

Wi-Fi: True
Printing colours: Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
Page description languages: BR-Script 3,PCL 6,PDF,PostScript 3,XPS
Recommended duty cycle: 300 - 1500 pages per month

Packaging Content

Bundled software: Nuance PaperPort 14 SE
Documentation CD: yes
Printer drum included: yes
Included black & color (CMYK) cartridges capacity: 1000 pages
Power cord included: yes
Included cartridge capacity (CMY): 1000 pages
Cartridge(s) included: yes

Sustainability

Sustainability certificates: Blue Angel, ENERGY STAR