Lexmark B2236

Lexmark B2236

Among the tiniest monochrome printer to go through our laboratories, the entry-level Lexmark B2236dw ($204) is fast for its price and dimension. It prints text and grayscale video well, and it has reasonable operating costs.

Lexmark B2236 Review

It is nearly a feature-for-feature suit to our present Editors’ Choice, Brother’s HL-L2370DW; other than that, it has a twice-as-high maximum monthly duty cycle and a listing price that is $70 greater. That means that deciding between both comes to whether that more excellent duty cycle deserves the extra hit for your budget. If so, the HL-L2370DW is an outstanding choice for monochrome output in home-based or small workplaces and small work teams or as an individual printer.

Small and Magnificent

The B2236dw measures 8.5 by 14 by 13.1 inches and evaluates 15 extra pounds. Such as the Brother HL-L2370DW, which is slightly much more prolonged and heavier, the B2236dw takes up minimal work desk space and is very easy to move for cleaning or relocating. HP’s entry-level LaserJet Profesional M102w is the tiniest and lightest of the lot.

You can manage setup, printing, and basic configuration from the B2236dw’s somewhat sporadic control board, which, as displayed in the picture listed below, is composed just of a navigating wheel, fixing and terminating switches, and a two-line monochrome text display.

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Paper handling on the B2236dw comprises a 250-sheet cassette and a one-sheet bypass tray for printing one-off envelopes and various other media (such as tags) without needing to open up and reconfigure the main paper cabinet. This coincides with the setup as Brother’s HL-L2370DW, while HP’s M102w holds just 160 sheets, split in between a 150-sheet tray and a 10-sheet multi-purpose tray.

The B2236dw’s maximum monthly duty cycle is 30,000 web pages, with a 2,500-page suggested monthly print quantity. That is two times the duty cycle of the HL-L2370DW and 20,000 web pages greater than the M102w.

Connecting and Protecting

Connection options on the B2236dw are simple. Standard user interfaces consist of Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and connecting to a solitary PC via USB 2.0. Mobile connection makes up Apple AirPrint, Mopria, and Lexmark’s Mobile Print application, which allows you to connect your mobile devices to the printer wirelessly over an area network (LAN) or the internet.

Security on the B2236dw, too, is relatively durable but straightforward for a printer in this course. As displayed in the picture listed below, you can set up connection limitations, thereby managing access to functions or the printer itself by users and divisions and designate PINs to tender documents and secure out users based upon a predefined variety of failed logins.