Brother HL-2242D printer is a moderately small device but with strong body build up for excellent work rate and output. The print engine is the modern electrophotographic print technology which works with an ARM9 processor that has a speed capacity of up to 200 MHz.Alternatively, print technology primarily works with the laser print method. In addition to the processor, the component is also the inbuilt internal memory of 8 MB of RAM capacity.
Brother HL-2242D Driver for Windows
Supported OS: Windows 11 (64-bit), Windows 10 (32-bit), Windows 10 (64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32-bit), Windows 8.1 (64-bit), Windows 8 (32-bit), Windows 8 (64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit), Windows 7 (64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit), Windows Vista (64-bit), Windows XP (32-bit), Windows XP (64-bit)
| Filename | Size | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Full Driver and Software Package for Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8 32-bit and 64-bit.EXE (Recommended) | 29.09 MB | Download |
| Full Driver and Software Package for Windows 7, vista, xp 32-bit and 64-bit.EXE (Recommended) | 35.72 MB | Download |
| Printer Driver for Windows 10, 8.1, 8 32-bit.EXE | 5.37 MB | Download |
| Printer Driver for Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8 64-bit.EXE | 5.23 MB | Download |
| Brother HL-2242D Printer Driver for Windows 7, vista, xp 32-bit.EXE | 5.37 MB | Download |
| Printer Driver for Windows 7, vista, xp 64-bit.EXE | 5.23 MB | Download |
| Or Download Brother HL-2242D driver from Brother website | ||
Driver and Software for Mac OS
Supported OS: macOS Catalina 10.15, macOS Mojave 10.14, macOS High Sierra 10.13, macOS Sierra 10.12, OS X El Capitan 10.11, OS X Yosemite 10.10, OS X Mavericks 10.9, OS X Mountain Lion 10.8, OS X Lion 10.7, Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6, Mac OS X Leopard 10.5
| Filename | Size | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Printer Driver for macOS 10.15.dmg | 38.65 MB | Download |
| Printer Driver for macOS 10.14.dmg | 38.58 MB | Download |
| Brother HL-2242D Printer Driver for macOS 10.13 and 10.12.dmg | 35.18 MB | Download |
| Printer Driver for Mac OS X 10.11.dmg | 26.32 MB | Download |
| Printer Driver for Mac OS X 10.10.dmg | 28.86 MB | Download |
| CUPS Printer Driver for Mac OS X 10.9.dmg | 22.67 MB | Download |
| CUPS Printer Driver for Mac OS X 10.6 to 10.8.dmg | 26.04 MB | Download |
| Brother HL-2242D CUPS Printer Driver for Mac OS X 10.5.dmg | 9.22 MB | Download |
| Or Download Brother HL-2242D driver from Brother website | ||
Specifications
The standard input tray of the device can hold up to 250 sheets of full paper for printing while the additional slot through the manual feed can hold only one layer at a time. The printer output tray can hold up to 100 sheets of paper in a face-down position with a standard weight of 80 gsm while only one of the layers will be in a face-up position. The print resolution of this unique device is up to 2400 x 600 dots per inch (dpi) at a high-quality output of HQ1200, but the standard resolution is 600 x 600 dpi.
The Brother HL-2242D printer also has the automatic duplex printing feature that enables it to print on both sides of the paper by itself. Connecting to this device requires a USB cable that is not longer than 2 meters through the standard hi-speed USB 2.0 port on the body of the printer.
This printer has a standard toner that is capable of printing approximately 1200 pages following the ISO/IEC standards. Also, there is also a high capacity toner that is available, which can produce up to 2600 pages of printed paper by the ISO/IEC standards. The drum unit, however, can print about 12000 printed sheets of paper at 1 page per job. This product has several other qualities that make it stand out among other products.