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Compared to most of its rivals, the Brother HL-4040CN is the Rolls Royce of colour lasers. It's not just the price or weight – although at £221 and 29kg it's at the expensive and heavy end of the scale. It's beautifully built. Every user-accessible par...

A workhorse designed for larger networks, the Brother offers a good mixture of speed, print quality and features...
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expertreviews.co.uk Updated: 2011-09-25 21:04:18
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Brothers HL-4040 received four stars in Whats New, Shopper 238, when it was launched last year. Since then it has established itself as a reliable workgroup printer for small offices. It looks less bulky than the large Lexmark and Epson printers...
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First the all important dimensions. The Brother HL-4040CN is 48cm deep with power plug inserted, 41cm wide and 30cm tall. It is close to 30kilos when the toners are inserted. Some recent units state fast warm up or time to first page, no such luxury he...
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The Brother HL-4040CN is the first colour laser printer designed by Brother itself, rather than a rebranded model from another manufacturer. Its a decent first effort, offering good overall speed and print quality for a competitive price. The Broth...

The inexpensive Brother HL-4040CN produces excellent text quality, is easy to set up and comes with helpful documentation, but it is incredibly heavy, has a confusing control panel and isnt expandable. A decent first colour laser printer from Brother...
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Quick, cheap to run and an abundance of features – a worthy award winner When it comes to producing great-value laser printers, it seems that, at least in this group test, Brother can’t be surpassed. Its HL-5240 walked off with the award...
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For this colour laser printer, a sometimes-awkward design offsets good pricing, speed and print quality. Brother takes a major evolutionary step with the HL-4040CN: this is the first colour laser designed by the company itself, rather than a rebranded...

Low price, excellent text quality; excellent setup and documentation...

Confusing control panel, heavy weight, not expandable The Final Word The HL-4040CN is designed to be, and is priced as, a low-end machine. Its only option is a networking add-on.

The HL-4040CN is designed to be, and is priced as, a low-end machine. Its only option is a networking add-on.
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Zdnet.com.au Updated: 2011-11-04 06:27:28
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The Brother HL-4040CN is a moderately priced single-function laser printer for workgroups or small offices. The printer is network-ready and offers some interesting features, such as reprint and secure print, as well as great print quality. On the down...

Great print quality, USB port for cameras and flash drives, Networkready, Reprint, directprint, and secure print features are useful...

Black print speeds are on the slow side, Input paper capacity is not expandable, No optional duplexer available...

Despite its lagging black print speeds, the Brother HL-4040CN does a lot of things right and makes a compelling colour laser printer for small offices or workgroups.
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The HL-4040CN is designed to be, and is priced as, a low-end machine. Shoppers seeking more features (such as additional paper capacity) might consider its higher-end cousin, the HL-4070CDW.
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The HL-4040CN comes with four cartridges (one black and three colors). Each black cartridge ($60 to replace) will do about 2,500 prints and the colors ($70 each to replace) are good for about 1,500 prints. Brother does...
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about.com Updated: 2011-09-25 21:04:26
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The Brother HL-4040CN is a mid-level color laser printer that is robust enough to serve as a workgroup printer for small and medium businesses, and affordable enough for home and home office use. Network-ready out of the box, the Brother HL-4040CN is a...

The Brother HL-4040CN is a mid-level color laser printer that is robust enough to serve as a workgroup printer for small and medium businesses, and affordable enough for home and home office use. Network-ready out of the box, the Brother HL-4040CN is a...
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Howstuffworks.com Updated: 2011-09-25 21:04:30
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The HL-4040CN is Brothers first foray into the color laser printer market. It is designed for small offices and can also meet the needs of home office users.Brother chose to design its own laser color printer engine rather than license a proven design...

USB and Ethernet ports, secure printing, easy reprints, good text quality...

Average color imaging with some banding, toner can be expensive...

The HL-4040CN is Brothers first foray into the color laser printer market. It is designed for small offices and can also meet the needs of home office users.Brother chose to design its own laser color printer engine rather than license a proven desig...
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Brother has recently revamped its range of laser printers and all-in-ones. The HL-4040CN fits in as a high-end personal or medium-level workgroup colour laser printer, with a couple of useful extras. The HL-4040CN is big and square cut, but maintains a m...
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v3.co.uk Updated: 2011-09-25 21:04:55
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A cheap colour laser that infringes ever more on consumer inkjet territory...
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Brother HL-4040CN For this color laser printer, a sometimes-awkward design offsets good pricing, speed, and print quality. Recommend this story? Yes No Please Wait... Brother takes a major evolutionary step with the HL-4040CN: This is the first color l...

Low price; excellent text quality, Excellent setup and documentation...

Confusing control panel; heavy weight, Not expandable...

For this color laser printer, a sometimes-awkward design offsets good pricing, speed, and print quality.
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When I think of color lasers, Brother is not among the first names that come to mind. The company has tended to focus on ink-jet based all-in-ones (AIOs) and monochrome laser printers and AIOs. But Brother has decided to jump into color lasers in a b...

Reasonably fast. High-quality text. Graphics and photo quality good enough for internal business use.

Colors are a little off in most photos. Paper tends to curl.

The Brother HL-4040CN color laser offers reasonably fast speeds combined with high-quality text and reasonably good but far from impressive, graphics and photos...
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