The Brother HL-5250DN printer is the perfect network-ready printer for either home or small office use. The price is what really makes this machine attractive and it is even easily affordable for a family who would like to share a laser printer at home. Straight out of the box this printer is network ready and includes both a BaseT ethernet parallel port and USB 2.0 connections.
Although this printer is certainly not a lightweight (it weighs in at 22 lbs), it is unusually compact. The paper tray fits under the printer, and it’s footprint won’t take up much desk space at all. These features make it a real space saver. Connecting it up to the network is a simple process, and the installation software will walk you through this every step of the way.
Rating for the Brother HL-5250DN Printer is around 20 000 pages per month, however the paper input tray only allows 250 sheets. This might be a little too little for business use, however additional paper trays may be added. These are an expensive option however, and quite honestly I would rather just feed it extra paper whenever it needs it, than pay an additional $199.00 per tray!
You are easily able to set this printer up against a wall or partition as it has no exit at the rear for paper. It also has a 150 sheet tray for out-put paper and a 50 sheet tray for multi-purpose use. However it must be noted that non-standard media such as card and envelopes do not have a straight paper path.
The quality of output on this printer is very good; in fact I might even put this as being exceptional. It supports resolutions of up to 1,200X1,200 dpi. So even when using small font sizes the text is sharp, while grayscale and photo images come out looking very smooth.
The speed of out-put is also great and even after a period of inactivity the first printed sheet emerges in less than 9 seconds. It is rated to have an out-put speed of as much as 30 pages per minute, but it is rare that any printer in the real world matches up to the manufacturers specifications. However it is also very unlikely that you would ever become impatient while waiting for a document to print.
This printer provides a very flexible solution for any home or small business that requires a monochrome laser printer for professional looking documents. It even features the duplex capability for printing double sided documents. This is a great feature to have for printing, manuals or brochures. It has a 32 MB standard memory which is easily upgraded to 544 MB, so that it can handle more complex print jobs.
Like most machinery which is technologically advanced the Brother HL-5250DN printer, will only produce the print quality it was designed to produce if you make use of Brother HL 5250DN toner. Use of any other toner product could mean you are looking for trouble. No-one want to have to troubleshoot their printer if they have a rush job which needs to get out, so rather be safe than sorry, and use the correct toner.
Summary: The Brother HL-5250DN printer is a flexible and easy to use solution for both home networks and small office requirements. It comes at a great price, which is easily affordable and probably has more pros than cons. Just ensure that you always make use of Brother HL 5250DN toner. For more information, check out our site http://www.qtoner.us.
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