Brother HL-L6200DW Wireless Monochrome Laser Printer

I bought this printer to replace a Brother HL-5170DN unit that was taken out with a lightning surge. I loved that printer for its quality, features and reliability. When I had to replace it, the HL-L6200DW seemed like a great option with all the same features and more. I don't print that much, so the printer was put online, tested okay and was used sparingly for 3-4 months. That's when the print quality issue first raided its ugly head. Printed output on recommended paper using the Brother supplied toner cartridge started leaving horrible streaks all over the pages. I opened the printer to see what the problem was and found loose toner everywhere. We're talking industrial waste site here there was so much loose toner all over the place. I had access to a special vacuum made for cleaning up laser printers (very small micron filter) and cleaned it all up as well as pulling the toner and drum assembly and cleaning them thoroughly per the procedures on the Brother support site. After putting the printer back online, I got maybe 10 sheets printed before we were back to the same problem. I called Brother support and explained the situation, and they suspected a bad toner cartridge or drum. Since the warranty for consumables with this printer is 90 days and I was past that time period, they were reluctant to help at all. After a little discussion with the second line manager, they eventually agreed to send me a replacement toner cartridge. I was happy with this as I was still a Brother fan and figured I got a lemon toner cartridge with the printer. Stuff happens. The toner cartridge arrives in a couple of days as promised, and I cleaned up the industrial waste site yet again inside the printer. Cleaned the drum (again) and put it all back online. All was well and I was a happy Brother customer....for about a week. Here come the toner smears all over the pages once again. Same exact issue as before. Opened the printer back up, and you guessed it.....toner all over the place. That was when I started searching online for others with similar experiences with this printer and found a lot of folks had the toner issues as well as bonus paper handling issues that I has yet to experience. It appears that there is about a 50/50 chance you either get a good printer that works properly or you get the printers that have these types of problems. It makes a person wonder if these are built in multiple locations and some sites have quality issues, or if some printers work well out of the box for a longer period of time than others. At this point, I had lost all faith in Brother and their printers and decided to cut my losses and move on. Next step with the Brother would have been a new drum, and it made more sense to me to take that money and move on to something else. I went with a comparable HP printer and had no issues at all. The experience with the new HP printer reminded me of the one I had with my original Brother HL-5170DN. It just worked and did what it was supposed to right out of the box. So if you are still with me and want to take a gamble that you will get a "good" Brother HL-L6200DW, be sure you run a lot of pages through it within the 90 day consumables warranty period so you can return it if necessary. Also, open the printer and pull out the toner/drum assembly to make sure you don't have the toner leakage problem. Believe me, you'll see plenty of loose toner if you get a printer that has the problem. Best of luck to you and I hope you have a better experience than I did.