Brother HL-4140CN

Brother HL-4140CN review

If you want to step up from a monochrome to a colour laser printer, but don't want to pay through the nose for the privilege, Brother's HL-4140CN looks to be a pretty good bet. Available for around £300 online, it's one of the entry-level models in Brother's line-up, but it uses the same print engine as the company's more expensive printers. Like most of today's colour laser printers, this one is a hefty beast, measuring 410 by 313 by 486mm, so you're going to have to dedicate a serious amount of space to it in your home office. The design is quite snazzy, though. The rounded corners, and off-white plus dark grey finish, give it an arty look that will sit well with designers and the like.The top of the printer is home to the recessed paper output tray. The tray has a flip-up plastic wedge that helps to stop paper from being spewed out over the top and onto the floor. To the left of this tray, you'll find the control panel, which includes a flip-up, two-line LCD display that, by default, shows the toner levels left in each of the printer's four cartridges. There are also various buttons for moving through this model's fairly simple menus, as well as cancel and 'go' buttons at the front.