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Computer HW Professional. Real Buyer. INITIAL ASSESSMENT: Printer was exceptionally easy to set up. Remove from box. Remove tape downs, Install toner, Power on, Connect to your WIFI. I tried a copy, got a blank page. Tried it again, all is OK!. Went to my computer. (Windows 10). Printer already showed up in the printer list. Printed a couple of pages. No problems, No installation steps required. Boring is wonderful! Just for good measure, I set a fixed DHCP address in my router. Laser printers have to heat up, and this one does so very quickly just when needed. Power draw at this time is apparently significant, so plugging into a shared UPS may make it complain. Best to plan for a dedicated power plug or UPS for this printer. and to add a surge suppressor to protect it from lightning damage. Check out my review describing my long term hate/hate relationship with my HP printer if you want to know why I bought Brother. FIRST UPDATE: When installing the printer software, the install failed because I had a more recent version of the Microsoft visual C redistribution run-time. I had to remove my latest version to get the install to work Brother should be building their code against the latest run-time. Prior to that, I found scan software on the Microsoft store that connected with the printer and scanned just fine. SECOND UPDATE: Watch the price. I bought mine for $129.99 and now I see they upped it to $136 THIRD UPDATE: Still no issues. Was surprised when I found out it will print Duplex also. Amazon still playing games with the price. Now it is $150 May inkjet and HP go the way of the Dinosaur.. FOURTH UPDATE: Owned for 3 months now. Has worked flawlessly. FIFTH UPDATE: Owned for 9 months now. Has worked well. Needed to be power cycled once. Had to re-install the apps in windows once after a windows update. The Microsoft scan app can no longer find the scanner, but the brother app works just fine. Still Highly Recommend this printer. Fortunately for all of us, Ink Jets will soon be a technology of the past.