Brother HL 6050DN – An Out Of The Box Network Printer

Brother has the reputation of providing bargain basement products for the consumer. In a reevaluation of their marketing concepts, Brother has produced the HL-6050DN, a monochrome laser printer that can compete competitively with comparable printers produced by other manufacturers.

The HL-6050DN is an out of the box, network printer. The built in Ethernet interface allows multiple users access to the printer in the small office networked environment. One of the prime features aside from the Ethernet ability is a standard paper tray that will hold a full ream (500 sheets) of paper. An optional lower paper tray also provides an additional 500 sheet capacity. Both paper trays will accept either letter or legal sized paper. Small business today requires duplex printing and Brother has provided automatic duplex printing in the HL-6050N.

The generous paper tray requires that the toner cartridges and drum in this laser printer allow for volume printing jobs. The TN670 toner cartridge will yield approximately 7,500 pages with 5% coverage when printed on letter sized paper. The DR600 drum unit will provide for 30,000 pages. This toner cartridge and drum combination allow for less down time while toner cartridge and drum are being changed along with a low printed page cost.

Brother has designed the HL6050DN for the network environment. With that in mind, 32MB of memory is provided as standard. Should the memory in the printer need to be expanded Brother has provided a slot, which will accept additional memory chips. These chips are available as 16MB, 32MB, 64MB and 128MB. The ability to expand the printers’ memory in various sizes permits the small business workgroup to customize the printer for their exact needs.

The HL6050DN will print a consistent 18 pages of text per minute. The printer takes from 10 – 12 seconds to start printing the first page of the document. While not as fast as other printers both the time to print and print output rates are acceptable for most applications.

Brother includes the Quick Start setup utility to get the HL6050DN up and running in minimal time. This intuitive utility allows even the most inexperienced computer user to get the printer up and operating in minimal time. The Quick Start utility can be placed either on the desktop as an icon or in the system tray of the computer.

Brother has designed the HL6050DN to operate in any platform environment. Whether the small business has Windows, Apple or Linux as the environment of choice, the HL6050DN will fit seamlessly into that environment. The network that the HL6050DN is placed in can be either a hardwired or wireless network. The software in the HL6050DN will perform most adequately in either network.

Brother has taken a giant leap forward with the HL6050DN. The competitive price, ease of setup and the availability of technical support for the life of the printer to the original owner make this a very attractive package. The utilization of the Brother HL 6050DN toner cartridge when combined with the Brother DR600 drum unit provides a low cost to the printed page. Brother has produced a printer that rivals and competes well with better name brands. The wide range of features makes the Brother HL6050DN a value packed choice for the small business.  For more information, check out our site http://www.qtoner.us.