I've used a lot of Brother lasers over the years, and overall they're pretty
good printers. Brother's real business is in the printer internals (the
whole print engines along with drums, fusers, toners, etc.) Some HP
printers were basically a Brother with an HP badge. The newer Brothers that
you're probably talking about are aimed more at the home user, which makes
them inherently crappy. To answer the question any better I'd need to know
what Brother laser you're talking about, and what you want to use it for.