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Title: No print density control
Review: In general, the HL-1440 is pretty good. Easy setup... practically plug & play once I downloaded the latest driver software for Mac OS 10.2. Have printed at least 500 sheets since I bought it with nary a paper jam. Only one limitation: unlike other laser printers I have owned, the HL-1440 has no density control to make the printing darker or lighter. Mine prints very light in normal settings (and unacceptably invisible in toner saver mode). Some fonts print darker than others, so it's possible to get acceptable print density if you don't mind limiting your choice of fonts. The flip side is that because the HL-1440 is stingy with ink its toner cartridges last a long time, making it dramatically cheaper to own than competing printers. I'm finding it a capable draft printer -- 90% of my printing -- and keeping my old ink-jet printer for finished work.
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