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    Ratings Scorecard

    Ratings

    Survey Results

    Predicted Reliability

    Predicted Reliability

    Predicted brand reliability ratings are based on estimated problem rates for newly purchased regular inkjet printers, by the end of the fourth year of ownership.

     /  5
    Owner Satisfaction

    Owner Satisfaction

    Owner satisfaction ratings are based on the proportion of members who are extremely likely to recommend their regular inkjet printer brand to their friends and family.

     /  5

    Test Results

    Text quality

    Text quality

    This indicates how crisply and clearly a printer produced black text in a variety of faces, sizes, and styles. Models with higher scores produce more uniform type, with sharper edges and smoother curves.

     /  5
    Text speed

    Text speed

    This score reflects how quickly the model can print text on five pages of plain, letter-sized pages. Less than 14 seconds is Excellent; 14 to 19 seconds is Very Good; 19 to 28 seconds is Good; 28 to 39 seconds is Fair; and longer than 39 seconds is Poor.

     /  5
    Graphics quality

    Graphics quality

    Our assessment of the appearance of color graphics produced by the printer. Black and white lasers were judged on black and white graphics.

     /  5
    Photo quality

    Photo quality

    This is our assessment of the appearance of each photo. Models with higher scores produce more natural looking photos, with smoother changes in shading and fewer problems with banding.

     /  5
    Maintenance ink use

    Maintenance ink use

    Reflects the amount of extra ink used by an inkjet printer printer to maintain its print heads in our test printing a total of 30 pages of text and color graphics intermittently over a 3-week period, turning the printer OFF between print jobs.

     /  5
    Versatility

    Versatility

    Versatility indicates features that increase a printer's utility or capabilities.

     /  5
    Ease of use

    Ease of use

    How easy it was to setup the WiFi, use the display, use non-OEM-brand ink, and print if one of the inks is used up.

     /  5
    Ink cost/year ($)

    Ink cost/year

    Estimated cost (in dollars) for ink or toner in a year of typical use, based on our tests and how our readers told us they print. Your results may vary from these figures, but they are useful for comparing models.

     /  5

    About

    The Brother HL-L2420DW is part of the Printers test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, Regular Printers models like the HL-L2420DW are rated on multiple criteria, such as those listed below.

    Text quality: This indicates how crisply and clearly a printer produced black text in a variety of faces, sizes, and styles. Models with higher scores produce more uniform type, with sharper edges and smoother curves.

    Text speed: This score reflects how quickly the model can print text on five pages of plain, letter-sized pages. Less than 14 seconds is Excellent; 14 to 19 seconds is Very Good; 19 to 28 seconds is Good; 28 to 39 seconds is Fair; and longer than 39 seconds is Poor.

    Graphics quality: Our assessment of the appearance of color graphics produced by the printer. Black and white lasers were judged on black and white graphics.

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