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Brother HL-L8260CDW
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Brother HL-L8260CDW

by Brother

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A compact color laser printer with duplex printing and wireless networking, aimed at home and small-office use where both color and black-and-white output are needed.

Why it's buy-it-for-life

Redditors point to it as a solid, compact alternative to inkjet printers from HP and Canon, citing reliable color and B&W output for general document printing.

What redditors say

Recommended on reddit as recently as March 2025

  1. 154
    r/BuyItForLife post

    The model I'm looking at is a Brother HLL8260CDW, purely down to the colour and B&W printing, scanning etc

  2. 1
    r/BuyItForLife comment

    The Brother HLL8260CDW is a solid choice for a compact, reliable color laser printer.

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