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Wireless HL-L3280CDW Compact Digital Laser Color Printer

Ratings & Reviews for Brother Wireless HL-L3280CDW Compact Digital Laser Color Printer

4.2
160
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 4.2 out of 5
160 Reviews


0% Recommend this product

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What Customers Are Saying

Customers praise the printer for exceptional print quality with crisp, vibrant colors and fast speeds that exceed expectations for home or small office use. Wireless setup and seamless mobile printing across devices are frequently highlighted as effortless and reliable. The compact design and straightforward toner replacement appeal to space-conscious users. Most reviewers appreciate quiet operation and consistent output during large jobs. Some note frustration with color toner consumption during black-and-white printing and high cartridge costs, while a few report intermittent Wi-Fi disconnections or minor paper handling issues. Overall, customers consider it a dependable choice despite minor drawbacks.

Customer review summary generated by AI, including incentivized reviews.
160 Customer Reviews

Perfect so far

I am going to make this simple, and leave the best review a printer could ever get. This thing just works. I'm only like a month into owning it...but it's excellent. It just works.

March 16, 2026

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Horrrible model

Horrible printer. Goes offline and the only way to get it back online is to restart it.

March 14, 2026

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Response from Brother Customer Service

I’m sorry to hear you are experiencing connectivity issues with the Brother HLL3280CDW. Here is a FAQ that may help: https://help.brother-usa.com/app...

Brother Customer ServiceMarch 25, 2026

WORTHLESS

This printer is extremely unreliable. If I had realized, I would never have purchased it.

March 13, 2026

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Response from Brother Customer Service

I’m sorry to hear your experience with the Brother HL-L3280CDW has been difficult. We would like to help. Please contact us directly at: https://www...

Brother Customer ServiceMarch 25, 2026

A great color laser for the price

I have owned similar printers with similar functionality, but of different brands in the past, and I love how this one really is no hassle and doesn't complain. It is friendly and easy to work with. The print quality is great, and it seems to take care of itself alright. I have had a few paper jams when using weird paper stocks, and trying to duplex, but it was nothing I couldn't easily fix. My biggest reason for not giving it 5 stars is the amount that the paper curls. I do check and adjust the...

March 11, 2026

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Best printer I've owned in 28 years.

Great printer!! I cannot say enough how much this printer solved a problem. I had an HP printer that just couldn't be seen by my PC's, Macs or anything. I could get it to work very occasionally, sometimes, and I fought with it for years, until a fit of rage sailed it into the floor, and destroyed it. That same day, I followed by gut and went with the most reliable, solid, awesome company I've ever heard of. When I got my printer home, it instantly worked with all our computers, PC and Mac, and o...

March 6, 2026

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As good or better than expected.

So far, I love this printer, I got really tired of trying to keep my inkjet nozzles clean. The color photo printing is better that I expected.

March 3, 2026

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Review after two months use as a home printer

Pretty easy to set up. Toner easy to change. Not great for photo printing but fine for other work. I fine it annoying that it defaults to color rather than saving my last setting. I also find it annoying that it does not automatically power off after some reasonable period of non-use.

March 3, 2026

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Making friends with my first color laser printer

I've always liked Brother products for their reliability and affordability. This printer is my first ownership of a color laser, and I'm very pleased with its performance. A few nitpicks: It does weigh a ton, and the touch screen isn't always responsive, and sometimes I've had to reboot it to get it to print. I have no explanations for these negatives, but the color output is still fine--just what I expected, and what I need.

March 2, 2026

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Clean printing

It is very quiet and smooth even for a large print job

February 22, 2026

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Nice but it could be better.

It's a nice printer but it has a big drawback, It only has 512mg of memory, Which is not upgradable. I don't print photos very often but when I do I'd like to be able to to them the way I used to. My last printer had two gig of memory and a dual processor and nothing but nothing stopped it. As I said this one is a nice printer but it has that one horrible drawback.

February 18, 2026

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Response from Brother Customer Service

Thanks for taking the time to review your experience with the Brother HLL3280CDW. We appreciate your feedback. I’m sorry to hear that you are having s...

Brother Customer ServiceFebruary 19, 2026