The Brother HL 5050 Toner Is A Laser Printer That Wins And Prints On A Budget.

I would say that there are two main things that this printer is doing right.

The first is its low price tag and the second is the rather compact footprint. This in turn means that this printer is a great fit for tight budget and crowded workspaces of small offices. This printer produces top quality monochrome prints at break neck speeds. It also has the ability to print on both sides of the paper. It’s built in network capability means that it can easily be connected to an existing office’s or home’s network.

If you are in search for a bargain price printer which can print crisp and sharp text then this one is definitely a winner. This is a cheap printer that has the power to output awesome text. Our texts concluded that the text was both good and sharp.

The Brother HL 5050 comes standard with a 250 sheet tray in its base. There is another tray at its front panel which holds another 50 sheets. This can either be used as a secondary tray to either feed envelopes. You can even stack them high this is one attractive feature if you print lots of envelops. However the printer does not have a rear exit for the paper so there are chances that your paper will come out a bit creased at the edges.

I did notice however that there isn’t a rear exit available for the printer so chances are that the paper will be creased. This is probably a rare printer at this prince that has a built in duplexer. If you want to increase the paper holding capacity of this printer you can add two more trays. Each tray can hold up to around 250 sheets of paper each.

There is also a 150 sheet output bin and right besides that there is a control panel with two buttons. There area also four lights but an LCD screen is missing. However not having an LCD doesn’t make life difficult. It’s easy to input network parameters via the provided buttons. The booklet that comes along with the printer is colorful and well designed which makes attaching the printer easy. Troubleshooting is made easy by the guide provided in PDF format in the CD-Rom. If you still need help to setup the printer you can brows to Brother’s website. Here you can download very useful and simple network administration tools from the website.

The printer is capable of printing excellent quality text at high speeds witht the Brother HL 5050 Toner. The speed and quality text combine to make this printer one of the best in its price range. Line art and other graphics also looked great. The printer also has the ability to output excellent monochrome graphics and text. There were however a few strange things we spotted with some letters of some fonts.

We found changing the Brother HL 5050 Printer Toner Cartridge to be easy and well documented. You just located the drum assembly located in the front. However the printer comes company fitted with a standard size HL 5050 Toner which should give you a live of 3000 pages. If you want to save some money you can purchase a larger capacity cartridge by shelling out an extra $100. This larger one will last you for 700 pages.

The Brother HL 5050 Toner Is A Laser Printer That Wins And Prints On A Budget.

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