A Great Personal Printer – The HL 1230 Printer Cartridge

The Brother HL 1230 Printer was designed for personal use. This printer it can be used with all personal computers that runs Windows 95 or higher. As with the Brother products this printer is a black and white laser printer and produces excellent quality printouts. The resolution is 600 x 600 dpi. It can print on both legal and A4 paper sizes and can produce up to 12 pages per minute.

Besides plain paper the HL-1230 can also print on card stock, bond, labels and transparencies. The paper tray can hold 250 sheets of paper. The size of the printer is about 14.5 inches wide and the printer contains 2MB of RAM. This printer prints is monochromatic and will be able to handle all of your personal printing needs.

This printer is very easy to use as it has a clear user manual as well as step-by-step setup instructions. If you have any problems you can directly connect to the Brothers website and receive help. When the printer is not in use it will go into power save mode after 90 seconds. It takes only seconds for the printer to go back into use when needed. The printer uses a parallel port cable to hook up to your computer.

The HL 1230 printer toner can last for up to 10 months or depending on use 3,000 pages. This model does not have quite as cutting edge technology as many of the other Brothers product but it was well designed for home and personal use. You can find directions on how to use the manual paper feed slot in the user’s guide.

The Brother HL 1230 Printer can use any of the following connection cables, the Belkin 6′IEEE 1284 Bi-directional Parallel cable, Belkin 10′ Parallel cable, Belkin 15′ IEEE 1284 bi-directional parallel cable, Belkin 17ft Ethernet patch cable, and Belkin serial printer cable. The Brother HL 1230 toner cartridge will last for 3,000 pages or more. It is possible to print on inkjet paper, multipurpose paper, photo matte paper, glossy photo paper and more.

All drivers for this printer can be downloaded from the Brothers website and can be used on Windows 95 and greater operating systems. Customers have also been able to hook up this printer onto a Linux operating system. Though many individuals have no problems with this printer there are a few hiccups that can occur.

Some common issues that you may have to deal with include having difficulties resetting the printer, not knowing what is wrong when the alarm light is on, needed to upgrade the software, and using up toner before 3,000 pages are printed. These problems can all be easily fixed if you visit the support pages on the Brothers website.

Despite these small problems the Brothers HL 1230 Printer is a great printer for personal use as it provides excellent quality Brother HL 1230 Toner at high speed. Usage and set up are easy and you can print onto many different kinds of media. The Brother HL 1230 Toner Cartridge should last about 3,000 pages and it is recommended to have a spare on hand in case you run out a bit before 3,000.