I have a brand new Brother HL 2140 b/w laser printer. I’ll use it for
text only.
It seems to print fine, and I like the nice crisp appearance of
text. The default settings give a nice contrasty print of text. Very
black on the white paper.

To save toner, I have tried to use “toner saving” settings. Using
both the “toner saver” setting, and also the least “printer density”
setting, I can see no difference. This at 600 dpi setting. No
discernable difference between the default setting, and my 2 non-
default “saver” settings. The text print-out appears to be exactly
the same, either setting. The 2 “saver settings” are not any
lighter at all, so I assume that I am not saving any toner.

I’m not knowledgeable about printers, so I assume I am doing something
wrong.

Can anyone offer ideas?? I want to save toner.

Thank you…….. FjLee

FjLee wrote:

> I have a brand new Brother HL 2140 b/w laser printer. I’ll use it for
> text only.
> It seems to print fine, and I like the nice crisp appearance of
> text. The default settings give a nice contrasty print of text. Very
> black on the white paper.
>
> To save toner, I have tried to use “toner saving” settings. Using
> both the “toner saver” setting, and also the least “printer density”
> setting, I can see no difference. This at 600 dpi setting. No
> discernable difference between the default setting, and my 2 non-
> default “saver” settings. The text print-out appears to be exactly
> the same, either setting. The 2 “saver settings” are not any
> lighter at all, so I assume that I am not saving any toner.
>
> I’m not knowledgeable about printers, so I assume I am doing something
> wrong.
>
> Can anyone offer ideas?? I want to save toner.

If you look closely with a magnifying glass, you will see small differences
with changes in "toner saver" and resolution settings. It is more apparent
in graphics than in plain text. I have read two reviews of the HL 2140 that
mention basically the same thing.

Try printing the same web page with various saver and resolution settings.
That's how I finally saw the difference. To be sure, the HL2140 is the best
$59 laser printer I've ever had.