Network-ready Brother HL 5250DN Toner For Home Or Small Office

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.

For those of you who believe that weight equates to quality, you will be happy with this product. It weighs in at 22lbs so is no lightweight. It is however compact (the paper tray fits underneath the printer) and will take up very little desk space. The network connection is incredibly simple; all the operator needs to do is follow the included step-by-step instructions.

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!

The Brother HL-5250DN printer can easily be set up against a wall as it has no rear exit for paper. Included with the printer is a 50 sheet multipurpose tray and a 150 tray for paper output. However there is not straight path for printing envelopes, card material and other non-standard media.

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 Brother HL-5250DN is able to fire up in under 9 seconds, even after being inactive for some time. According to its rating it is able to produce as much as 30 pages per minute. But we have not tested this with a stop watch as it is rare that any printer live up to the speed specifications of the manufacturer. The most important factor is that it is highly unlikely you would become impatient while waiting for a document to print.

For any small business or home use the Brother HL-5250DN provides a flexible solution. It is a monochrome HL 5250DN Toner Cartridge which has the capability to produce extremely professional documents. It also has the ability to print double sided documents, which is a fantastic solution for brochures or manuals. Standard this printer comes out of the box with a 32MB memory. For the printing of more complex jobs, this can however be upgraded to 544MB.

One point of absolute fact is that care must be taken to use the correct toner in this printer. A Brother HL 5250DN Toner Cartridge product is available, and as with all technologically sensitive machinery, it is a must that the correct consumables are used. This also includes making use of the correct weight of paper.

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 Cartridge.