Brother HL 5040 – Quality Prints That Are Bank Account Friendly

The Brother HL-5040 Printer is the next step up from the older model HL-1440. It also comes in under 200 dollars, which is a price point that makes it attractive to the small office/home office business person. This unit improves on the older model, also, with its additional paper trays and increased printing speeds. In all, it provides a sensible and functional capability for any office.  The Brother HL 5040 Toner is naturally the best toner for this Brother Printer.

Ease of set-up for the HL-5040 is well within the abilities of most people. It’s both Mac and PC compatible, so it has a versatility that isn’t common in a printer in this price range. There’s a comprehensive installation and instruction guide included with the unit. It provides numerous “how to” videos and maintenance tips, in addition to hyperlinks to the Brother website. This Brother unit could fill in quite capably for any small network’s laser printer in a pinch. The network would hardly notice a difference.

The HL-5040 comes standard with a 250-sheet storage capacity. It also can do single-sheet bypass print tasks through its manual tray. You can also up the capacity with an optional 250-sheet input tray, giving you 500-sheets of total storage ability. For an additional small charge, this unit can be optioned up with an installed Ethernet 10/100 Base T interface port and print server.

Memory capabilities are sufficient to meet most small office or home office needs at 8MB. You can organize print jobs through this laser printer’s driver main screen. In it, you can select from Basic, Advanced, and Support functions. Such things as paper size and where it’s coming from, print quality, and also whether or not you’re going to duplex prints, are accessible. Take some time to practice with them before using all of this unit’s capabilities.

Print speeds are good for a printer of this price and capability. It can print out a graphics-rich file at about 13 pages per minute (ppm) and a plain-text file at around 14 pages. This matches up well with just about any printer in this sub-300 dollar price range.

Good print quality is what you’d expect in this segment, and it serves its owner well. Text will print out crisp and clear, with no bleariness or smudging evident. It also is able to create detailed drawings and the quality of the printed photos is nice enough for the small office or home office (SOHO).

The ML-5040 also comes with an industry-standard 1 year warranty. That can be extended to 3 years for a nominal fee. There’s also tech support available via telephone. There are numerous helper tools available over on the Brother website, too.

The printer comes standard with the Brother HL-5040 Toner cartridge. It can produce around 3,300 pages before needing replacement. A high yield optional cartridge is available. It’ll up this output to over 6,500 pages. Both help to keep cost-per-page relatively low, at fewer than 2 cents. The toner cartridge itself works well, and print output is always crisp and clear, with no visible smudging. Overall, the printer and the HL-5040 toner make for a good, economical and efficient team. For more information, check out our website http://www.qtoner.us.