i have 2 of these. they have worked flawlessly over 3 tax seasons. I have printed over 75,000 sheets of paper in 2 years using only paper and refilled my own toner toner cartridges. If you buy one brother toner cartidge and go online to ink owl you can refill your cartridge for $10. the only issue with that is you have to be able to operate a pliers and screwdriver. You also need the brother directions how to fool the printer into thinking you have more toner in the cartridge. To those that had issues take it back and get a different one if it happens again it is operator error. I am by no means a techy, just a frugal Tax man that has frugal customers so i have to watch the bottom line. and this printer does that. yes you can get an HP and they work great too. but are just a bit more expensive than i cna afford. My only complain with the 2240 vs the 2140 is you get only about 1/3 the toner volume and as such page output.
I first started out with dot matrix printers, then ink jet printers, and owned a laser printer many years ago. The laser printer I had in the 90's was huge and took up a lot of desk space (I forgot the name brand). I bought the Brother HL-2240 laser printer because it was on sale for about 50% off and I'm tired of ink jet printers. It seems like I'm buying ink cartridges every few months paying around $ 100.00 for the color and black cartridges. Most of the time I only need a black ink printed page. I like simple products that are reliable. I like the paper capacity and the number of copies I get from the toner cartridge. I do hear the fan running when I'm at my desk, but I don't think it is loud. From reading the reviews I think I made a wise purchase.
Cons: Does Not Meet Expectations, loud and groves the sides of paper
Just rec'd this printer and it's awful. The fan is extremely loud and runs constantly. Sounds like a jet plane engine and you can hear it at the other end of the house with the door closed in my office. And it puts grooves down both sides of my premium laser paper from the rollers. It's my first purchase on Officemax.com and will be my last. It's a terrible product!