Brother HL-4040CN Comments

I am the first to say I am not a computer expert, so I thought I would have problems... and I did. This is my first Laser Jet printer. I have always used an Epson Ink Jet Printer. With the Epson, I can print anything. Just click on contol, print and enter. No such luck with the Brother 4040CN Printer. First of all, I can not print a Word Document, like I can with Epson, nor can I print from ACDSee. I get a message that says to save a *.xps format. When I click on 'save' nothing happens.
I have a new 3 month old computer with a Vista operating system
So I look for customer support.
Try and find that is also not an easy task, and I never did find any help.
So now I have a very nice new Laser Brother printer that only prints out a test page.
Fortunately I kept my Epson printer so I can still print anything and everything.
I researched for two months trying to buy a good printer, and I must say, there is a lot of useless help out there.
The botom line I was looking for was and is, what is an economical printer to have.
I am sick and tired of being manipulated by Internet people that spin stories about products.
It has an automatic reprint of the last job. Who really cares about 'that'.
I just want an 'economical to operate' printer.
Everyone knows printer companies make their fortunes on ink or toner, and so they deep discount the printer.
Finally, I took a chance and decided on the Brother 4040 CN Laser Jet printer, only because it was new and I could not get any real information about it. It prints many pages a minute, is a little noisy, and uses 550 watts of power to operate, and other details, that matter little.
Included in the hardware package when you buy the computer is a connection wire that has a USB connector on one end, and another end that does not connect to the printer. The printer has a USB connection inlet. But the wire supplied does not hae a USB connection on both ends.
Probably if I was a super detective I could really find out what I am looking for. But I did not. I found out everything else, but not a comparison cost to operate. So I bought it anyway, installed the software in my computer, and that was the end of my forward progress.
So, it is NOT so easy to set up as all the reviews suggested, and not so easy to find support.
I am sure some skilled computer navigator will criticize me for my lack of knowledge, and my reply would be, write a better detailed installation direction for people like me.
So, until I find more information, I will continue to use my Epson ink jet printer.
Just click on 'control'and 'p' and 'enter' and you have a nice print.
The Brother 4040CN printer does however, look nice.