The HL-L3210CW isn’t as good as its brother, the HL-3270CDW. Both single-function colour laser-class printers are made for small offices and have the same paper capacity, volume ratings, running costs, and a number of other features.
But you give up a lot for that $50 difference, like an easy-to-use touch-screen control panel, a lot of ways to connect, and high-quality graphics output. In other words, when choosing between the HL-L3210CW and its more expensive sibling, it’s important to think about the features and the price.
Specifications
- PRODUCT TYPE: Letter-size personal color single-function printer
- PRINTING METHOD: LED
- STANDARD SHEET CAPACITY: 250
- HEIGHT: 10.4
- WIDTH: 16.1
- DEPTH: 18.9
- TEXT SPEED (PPM): 10.7
- TEXT COST: 3.2
- GRAPHICS COST: 24.3
- 8X10 PHOTO COST: 0.7
- MAXIMUM PAPER SIZE: 8.5×14
- MAXIMUM PAPER BASIS-WEIGHT: 45
- PLATFORM: Windows, macOS, Linux
Where to buy Brother HL-L3210CW compact printer?
After taking the Brother HL-L3210CW out of its box, all you have to do is open the four colour toner cartridges. They’re already in the right place; all you have to do is pull out the tray, take each cartridge out, remove the protective seal, and put it back in place. It’s a little harder to set up than some lasers we’ve seen, but it only needs to be done once and then it’s done.
Aside from that, it’s nothing special. It has a pull-out paper tray at the bottom that can hold 250 sheets and feeds prints onto a tray at the top. It measures 410 x 461 x 252mm (WDH), connects via USB or Wi-Fi, and prints at a resolution of 600 x 2,400dpi.
There is a display, but it’s just a simple one-line thing that’s hard to work with. It can’t show you enough information on the screen at once to figure out what’s going on without having to use the buttons to go back and forth.
There is also no duplex printing, which is disappointing given the price. However, you can manually feed paper in through a slot on the side if you need to print on both sides.
The HL-L3210CW is one of the few colour laser printers I’ve seen that doesn’t support Ethernet. It can connect to the internet through Wi-Fi and to a single PC via USB. Apple AirPrint, the Brother iPrint&Scan app, Google Cloud Print, Mopria, and peer-to-peer networking through Wi-Fi Direct are all compatible with mobile devices.
The HL-L3210CW, on the other hand, doesn’t support Brother’s cloud apps, which are a group of workflow profiles that live on the company’s graphical touch-screen control panels and connect to specific cloud sites. You’ll need to buy the HL-L3270CDW to get this feature and the touch-screen control panel. As you can see in the picture below, the HL-L3210CW has an old control panel with a one-line monochrome LCD display, buttons for Power, Wi-Fi, Back, OK, Secure printing, Cancel, and Go, and up and down arrow keys.