Customer Reviews for Brother HL-L8260CDW USB, Wireless, Network Ready Color Laser Printer
Item # : 2706345
Model # : HLL8260CDW
Functionality
Single-Function
Cartridge type
Toner
Max Paper Size
8.5" x 14" Legal
Output Type
Color
Price is $469.99
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162 reviews
Most helpful positive review
Posted May 13, 2021
Reliable workhorse
I've had a couple of these printers for years. The printers themselves are reliable, and work very well.
The issues I've had to deal with include issues with replacement toner. The Brother replacement toner gives the best results (of course), but if you go through a LOT of pages (as I do), the brother toners are WAY too expensive. So I use other companies' toners, s...
The issues I've had to deal with include issues with replacement toner. The Brother replacement toner gives the best results (of course), but if you go through a LOT of pages (as I do), the brother toners are WAY too expensive. So I use other companies' toners, s...
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Most helpful critical review
Posted Oct 1, 2019
Print Preview
For some reason the Print Preview option in Printing Preferences was dropped between the HL-L8250 and the HL-L8260. No control over what pages are actually printed. Creates lost time, paper and ink. Not environmentally friendly at all either. Disappointed. I thought by buying a replacement printer in the same model line as the HL-8250 that it would have the same fu...
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RAY B.
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Posted May 16, 2025
Great laser printer
We are very happy with this printer. The second one we have owned - same model
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JR Holcomb
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Posted Jan 6, 2025
Issues with connectivity
I cannot print via AirPrint via my Mac and I also could not set up wireless WiFi either. No drivers on the website either.
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Kenn
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Posted Nov 6, 2024
A really great machine.
My wife bought one and loves it, so I purchased one for my office. I love it too.
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Jay X
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Posted Oct 10, 2024
Really not what I hoped
Was really excited to get my first brother printer, but it's actually been quite disappointing. The print quality is pretty nice, but the wireless connection is finnicky -- it often drops data when transferring the file to the printer, resulting in very strangely missing data on the print itself. The multimedia tray also doesn't really work; the way it tries to roll the...
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Chris
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Posted Oct 3, 2024
Great except for manual feed
I bought this unit as a replacement for an HL-L8360CDW that I had for 5 years and that performed flawlessly, mostly printing labels for the products we make. This new model does use the same color cartridges and prints very well, I am very pleased with the print quality and page cost. The only flaw I have discovered is that when using the manual feed tray, it will only ...
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Staples Customer
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Posted Aug 22, 2024
So far, excellent
I've had this printer for only a week, but it has far exceeded my expectations. It printed a ~400 page document that literally killed my last printer (huge image files), quite quickly, and with great image quality. I'm very happy with my purchase.
FYI, it comes with the first batch of ink (no need to buy extra ink to make it work).
FYI, it comes with the first batch of ink (no need to buy extra ink to make it work).
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Tom R
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Posted Jun 27, 2024
Brother service is great!
Brother was extremely helpful in answering my questions
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Vickie P
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Posted Jun 27, 2024
AWESOME PRINTER
This printer is one of the best I've ever owned. I love that it's wireless!!
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Kristin
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Quill
Posted Feb 20, 2024
Terrible Print Speed
Do not buy this printer if you need your print speed faster! This machine is way too slow for an office!!!!!!
Do not know what has happened to Brother products
Do not know what has happened to Brother products
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Mazikeen
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Posted Jan 7, 2024
Bad Printer
Bought this unit and the print quality sucks, the heat rollers continue to tear and destroy anything that is printed with a stripe down the sheet, finding replacement parts is near impossible to even get it fixed. Not worth the money - the paper tray clip broke and there aren't any replacements available unless you want to purchase the entire bottom tray. We use the pri...
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WILEY M.
Verified Buyer
Posted Dec 5, 2023
Great printer, purchase and delivery
My last color laser by Brother was 17 years old. This new printer is a near duplicate of that small office work horse. I get clean, color-correct and timely copies now. Staples did a great job of making my purchase experience as easy as it gets.
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Sandra F
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Posted Nov 21, 2023
Disappointed
I had to replace the workhorse HP printed I had after 8 years, and I read reviews for comparison. I ended up buying this one. Unfortunately, there is no comparison. On the Brother, the print quality is worse, the colors are not true, the cartridges last about a fourth of the time of the HP cartridges, and the HP will still allow you to print until all the cartridges are...
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F_M_K
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Posted Jun 2, 2023
Minor Issues
Great machine. Have issues getting devices to print wirelessly tho. Havent yet figured out how to make it print double sided thats not on the short end (despite the setting calling for the long end.)
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Stan Lee
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Posted May 16, 2023
not recommended
this printer is not good, highly unrecommended. two thumbs down
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Romeo Sierra
Posted Mar 16, 2023
Ethernet Port Defective
The Ethernet port would not pick up an IPv4 address from my DHCP server, and printer self assigned an address in the 169.254 range. I tried a static address and this also failed. The link light was on, but i could not ping or browse to the printer. I tried known-good cables and switch ports to no avail. Spent 1.5 hours with Brother support chat; still no luck. Stap...
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David
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Posted Feb 7, 2023
Printer worked fine it’s not so great at pictures!
Never ever got the number of pages the toners said!
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C_G_
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Posted Jan 10, 2023
Nice, affordable color laserjet printer.
Very dependable. Wi-Fi is a little complicated. My only complaint is feeding envelopes into the front tray, and during the process of being pulled into the printer and somewhere along the way, the envelope has gets wrinkled along the bottom, probably between rollers.
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Doug Evans
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Posted Dec 31, 2022
Works great with Apple products
The printer works great. I am using it with “Air Print “ only. From sending it to the printer to actually printing is very quick. I think it’s 3 or 4 times faster than the Xerox it replaced. Print quality and duplex printing are excellent. My only criticism is enabling Wi-Fi on my network was not at all intuitive. I had to find a video on the Brother web site to help. I...
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Bish
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Posted Oct 15, 2022
Great printer with annoying hiccup
Awesome print, clarity, excellent quality and colour, pity it keeps losing its wifi connectivity...
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Steve
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Posted Sep 14, 2022
Very Effective Printer
Very efficient toner usage. Quick to setup and print. The manual bypass tray allows for ease of adding Letterhead and other specialty size media.
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