Brother HL Series Printer

Brother HL 5240 Review: A powerful laser printer with amazing high-speed printing.

2009-12-24T08:24:00.000-08:00

Really high-speed printing (28 pages per minute), silent and with a really good print quality. Very easy to configure with the included software (or download from the internet) and suitable for any need. Having a drawer that contains some 250 pages is well suited to big loads of press. I found a great way for double-sided that even if it's manual is easy to use. USB cable as usual is not provided in the package but easy to find. As for the prices of cartridges are a bit 'high. A toner 7000 pages (like the one that came with the printer new) costs just over $ 100, but has the ability to be regenerated with about ten million. There is the possibility of using the option to save toner and assure you that the print quality is not affected much.

The high speed and wealth of features make HL-5240 perfect to suit all printing needs professionally. Solid and compact, can be easily installed in any environment.
In my opinion, The Brother HL-5240 is an excellent printer from all points of view.

Product Features
    - Print Speed: Up to 30 ppm
    - Resolution: Up to 1200 x 1200 dpi
    - Paper Handling: 300 Sheet Input Capacity Consists of:
      1 x 250 Sheet Input Tray
      1 x 50 Multipurpose Tray
    - Memory: 16 MB (528 MB Max.)
    - Connectivity: Parallel and USB
    - Environments: PC, Mac, and Linux

Brother HL 2060 Review: Turbo and all-rounder

2009-12-23T08:22:00.000-08:00

Print speed:
    * Up to 20 ppm. - Max speed
    * Up to 10 ppm. - Best, up to 10 ppm. - Best
    * Up to 21 ppm. - Max speed
Connectivity Technology: Wired
Interface: Parallel, serial, USB, Ethernet 10Base-T, parallel, serial, USB
Max Resolution (B & W): 1200 dpi x 1200 dpi
PostScript Support: Included
Printer Language: PostScript 2, EPSON FX, IBM XL24E, PCL 6, HP GL, PostScript 2, EPSON FX, IBM PPR, PCL 6, HP GL
Fonts Included:
    * 11 x barcode
    * 12 x bitmapped
    * 75 x Scalable, 75 x scalable
    * 12 x bitmapped
    * 11 x barcode
Printer Features: Optional duplex
RAM Installed (Max): 8 MB / 72 MB (max)
Technology / Form Factor: SIMM 72-pin

A printer that high standards and also provides optimum expansion options, is the ideal workgroup printer for small offices and departments. And so the Brother HL-2060 LaserAs is the first choice. Already in its basic version it has all the qualities that are required to be productive in the network. It is fast, efficient and flexible and has a first class document management. Fully equipped - with an optional second paper tray, duplex printing unit and up to two sorters - it becomes a professional commercial printer that grows with the future tasks of the company.

The Brother HL-2060 makes a mark. With a resolution of 1200 dpi x 1200 prints shine in both the text and graphics at the high-quality level. And it gets even better. In conjunction with Micro Brother toner and High Resolution Control of the printer reaches an impressive high-end photo quality. The Advanced Photo Technology with 256 gray scale provides an accurate representation of halftones. This is network power. The 100 MHz processor ensures fast processing of even complex print jobs and achieved a speed of up to 20 pages per minute. To optimize the speed of the optional duplex printing is working with the HL-2060 Parallel Processing Page, where up to three pages are also in circulation. It reached double-sided printing at a speed of 18 pages per minute.

With the expandable 8MB Ram, you can also confidently large or complex print files. It is also ideal as a network printer and is used by us so. There were no conflicts. The highlight is the simulation of printed images of different printers from other manufacturers. Of course, all kinds of fonts are printable. Also interesting is the use as a postscript printer.
All in all, the Brother HL-2060 is an ideal companion in the office.

Brother HL 6050 Review: Fast duplex printer for workgroups.

2009-12-22T09:08:00.000-08:00

SPECIFICATIONS
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This is a classic black and white laser printer with a maximum resolution of 1200x1200 dpi, which is fairly decent for a laser printer. According to the data sheet Printers Print 24 pages per minute, which is unfortunately not quite true, however, in reality he is a bit slower.

It is supplied with a 32 MB memory chip that can be "upgraded to 160 MB. It supports all standard paper sizes like A4, A5, A6. You can fill the tray with a total of 500 sheets of paper. As already briefly mentioned, he is on both sides
printable (DUPLEX mode). Dimensions: WxHxD = 400x310x425 mm
Weight: 14.5 kg including toner and drum

PRINT QUALITY
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So that I am coming to one of the main issues, namely, the print quality. I can compare the quality on the basis of our predecessor, the HP 4000 LJ. I would say in general that the quality of the Brother is not an iota better. The pressure is more saturated, the contrasts are sharper and the writing really black. The higher Resolution of 1200x1200 dpi do well here, some to the point.
When there are graphic expression as the text expression of my opinion, no loss of quality. The grays look very good, and may overlap.

It is also possible to print on Brother Overheas films and envelopes, which is with me to work more often times the case. The transparencies can not say more than that the print quality is excellent.
Regarding speed, I can say that it is not as fast, as is indicated in the datasheet. The duplex printing (print both sides) but goes by surprisingly quickly equip.

I would also like to mention the background noise. The printer is far from being the quietest, but it can stand already. He never interferes with the working atmosphere and conversations are still possible;)

OPERATION OF THE PRINTER
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The printer has a large LED display in which the current status of the printer is indicated. There you can see if the printer is ready, whether he is receiving data, whether he directly prints, whether there is paper jam or if the paper is all. The printer contains the usual buttons to cancel, including power, job and change the font (for the printer internal fonts)

Otherwise, the printer can be operated very conveniently by software. In the Printer Setup menu, all the essential and advanced features are integrated. Here, for example, sets the duplex mode and selects the dissolution rate of the printer.

INSIDE THE PRINTER
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If you want to refill or change the paper mentioned in the next section consumables, it is necessary to know basics of the interior. The internal structure of the printer should not pose any problems because everything is in fact very easy to understand. Who here has problems, which is the detailed man put his heart.

CONSUMABLES
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The printer requires two essential supplies: 4100 First, the toner cartridge of the type TN and a drum unit of the type DR-4000. At 5% print coverage to the toner cartridge for terms ranging up to 7,500 sheets, the drum unit for up to 30,000 pages.
A toner cartridge for 69.95 EUR you get, what actually for laser printers with 7,500 pages volume is still quite favorable. The drum unit is available for 89,95 EUR via our distributors. If you have these two Price in view, amount to the cost per page cent to about 1.23. Printing costs are also largely stayed in the green.
CONCLUSION
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In summary, I would note that the printer is worth its investment in all respects and was. He has an extremely good print quality, the consumables are cheap and it is versatile applicable in terms of print media. The background noise can also stand and the printer is easy to install. He fulfills all of us meet standards and gets by me so much as 5 stars.

Brother HL 1450 Review: Lower cost of consumption!!

2009-12-21T10:46:00.000-08:00

Product features
- Up to 14 pages per minute
- Up to 1200 x 600 dpi Resolution
- 8 MB memory, expandable up to max. 36 MB
- Standard Parallel and USB interface
- High compatibility
- Drivers for Windows 95 / 98 / NT4.0 / Me / 2000
- Driver for MAC OS 8.51 - 9.1/OSX
- PCL6 emulation
- Brother Script Level 2 (PostScript Level 2 emulation)
- Universal 250-sheet input tray and a manual single-sheet feeder
- Optional 2nd 250-sheet paper tray for further
- Software for automatic e-mail Print
- Optional 10BaseT Ethernet PrintServer

The Brother 1450 is externally identical to the 1250s, the only difference is the printing speed. In the 1250s 12 pages to specify the pages 1450s 14th
The printing unit is very stable, even several 1000 pages per month to make the printer out of nothing.

The printer is set up on all computers as standard equipment. Similarly, everywhere Resolution 600 dpi predefined. The toner save mode is enabled by default. On Windows, just click on 'Linux to high saving ". The Maximalaufkösung of 1200x600 dpi is only used for graphics. The 300 dpi setting I used before.

With these settings, the image is perfect, ideal for everyday correspondence. When many lines are printed graphics must be turned off the toner save mode, because otherwise pt may be printed lines with a width of only 1 will.
The driver has all the necessities of manual settings such as duplex printing, copies or multiple pages per sheet graphically beautiful, so that you can decide quickly and accurately for the correct setting.
Turned off the printer never actually. The built-in power saving mode shuts off after a certain time and automatically when a print job again.
In daily Use I use quite normal 80gsm A4 paper sauerstoffgeleicht, "the cheapest".

Paper jam, there is de facto, never, maybe once a month, and then only if the paper was taken from the basement and immediately inserted into the printer, without which it could again reach room temperature.
Position My advice: Always a box (5x500 sheets) in the vicinity of the printer, there's always enough paper to the right temperature.

The top speed was then, but today still good midfielder: Will (Up to 14 pages per minute, easily reached in normal text) is more than sufficient for normal everyday service.

The consumption of this device is really good. According to the manufacturer, you can print about 6000 pages with the toner cartridge, I print about 6500th.
In the 1450s it has 2 ways to refill toner:
1. Toner Cartridge TN-6300
2. Jumbo Toner Cartridge TN-6600
The TN-6300 has a specified duty cycle of 3,000 sheets with 10% coverage, the TN-6600 6000 pages with 10% coverage has. For comparison, the famous Grauert-(Letters used to test printers) has 5% coverage, so you could be the first page of this letter with the TN-6300 6000 times printed, the TN6600 12,000 times. My experience has shown that the site performance almost exactly matches the manufacturer's specifications, but it is rarely possible to determine the exact blackening of a pressure. We need as about once every 3 months a new toner, and you need at this time 4 carton of paper that corresponds to 10,000 sheets.

The ideal printer for retail space or for small workgroups with a duty cycle up to 5000 pages per month. The separate changing toner and process unit produces a very favorable cost per page.
I really like the design of the printer, he looks much smaller than comparable devices. The service is totally easy, no mess, paper jam removal and controls on the printer (just 1 switch on / off and a combined-function button) are very simple.
The printed image is very good, the HL 1450 resolves very fine and has a pleasant, sharp typeface.
The only drawback: If you print many pages at once, a slight ozone smell is noticeable. Since you rarely print, and very much at a time when the printer is indeed not working directly stands next to a workplace that is verschmerzbar in single-user applications, but it can still be disturbing.

I have not regretted the purchase of the printer. I am very satisfied and the device can only recommend.Since so far no squeaks, no rattles, no creaks occurred, I have no doubt turn, the device is still at least 2 more Years to be able to use.

The good and friendly support, coupled with the long warranty complete my overall impression on a positive note.

Brother HL 7050 Review: Very good office printer

2009-12-20T10:30:00.000-08:00

Technical Specifications
- 1200 x 1200 dpi
- 32 MB memory
- Mass: 485 x 421 x 480 mm (W x H x D) standard with a tray
- Weight approx 24 kg
- Noise Lpa <70 dB (A) DIN 45635-19-01-KL2
- Print up to 28 pages per minute
- 500-sheet input tray and 100-sheet Multipurpose Tray
- Two-line 3-color backlit LCD display
- Parallel, serial and USB Interface

The installation of the printer's design is very simple. First unpack the printer and set up. With an additional standard printer cable (not supplied, connect USB possible) on the PC. Switch on the PC and then insert the supplied CD. A screen will appear automatically. Here, only install software select the item and the installation should run Easily.
For the installation in my opinion is necessary to know only to connect a cable and insert a CD. I would like to recommend this option, the USB version, since this is the faster way to print.

The printer has a very user friendly control panel. With a few Practice, we worked very quickly in the menu, the configuration of additional paper trays, menu language, etc. This causes no problems. Even without experience, the manual is very helpful. The manual is located, as mentioned above, on the enclosed CD in PDF format. Will therefore be able to read the Adobe Acrobat Reader is required.

The multi-color LCD display is very useful, it should come over to disturbances. The place, for example a paper jam or error messages are given very carefully. In combination with the handbook should also remove it for "normal users" not be a problem, the disturbance or the error.
The processing of the device is consistently very good. The only flaw in my opinion, is only giving the Manual feed when I have seen some vendors still no better solution. It is a plastic flap must open one and I think a little too weak. With us, I asked the user, the door must be closed after each manual pressure again in order to prevent damage. I would imagine that when passing by on the printer door is open, someone could get caught out, whichever is where the printer.

The whole package makes a very good impression. The noise generated at work is pleasant and not too loud, if this can be only a personal impression. The printer itself is designed for high volume printing.I rate 5 stars with a clear conscience, and therefore recommend without reservation.

Brother HL 2140 Printer Review: Affordable printing for your home and home office.

2009-12-19T08:44:00.000-08:00

Product Features
* Fast laser printing at up to 23ppm
* 250-sheet paper capacity
* 250-sheet paper tray (letter/legal)
* Manual by-pass slot for easily feeding envelopes and letterhead
* HQ1200 resolution (up to 2400 x 600 dpi) for high-quality output
* Low cost per page laser output
* Toner-Save mode available to extend toner life
* Compact size for home or home offic
* 8MB memory standard
* Easy connectivity via USB
* 10,000 pgs. maximum monthly duty cycle

The Brother HL-2140 Laser Printer provides a compact design, high-quality output and reliable performance. Enjoy fast printing at up to 23 ppm at 2400 x 600 dpi resolution, and a 10,000 pages maximum monthly duty cycle. The 250-sheet paper tray has a manual by-pass slot for easily feeding envelopes and letterhead. Use the Save mode to extend toner life. The Brother HL-2140 provides easy connectivity via USB and is Windows and Mac compatible.
You can choose to print documents in color or black and white. Most of the time for issues of design will be printed in this way, the other hand if there is an urgent need to save. In both cases, however the print quality is excellent and is also accompanied by an excellent and efficient speed printing. These are mostly of working documents with the list of areas to be served and the working days specified.
All the operations indicated the place following the environmental parameters required and then this printer is equipped with EPA Energy Star. So when you go to buy, whether you use it at home or the office, let us if this detail may seem silly but it is not important, but indispensable.

The user guide is an incredible precision. Step by step explains how to print the best, in terms of saving money, even getting the maximum result.
Simple commands to use, both the ignition to off and also to select the print copies, plus the function to print both forward and behind. To all using the best cartridges in the market.
Excellent relationship between price and quality, considering that it was paid only 110 euros on special offer. As I said the Brother are reliable and tend more often to rely on these, without in any way detracting from the various Epson.

My opinion can only be positive and the Council for qualunqe need, not cost even a world and you can also count on an efficient service for any problem that may arise after your purchase, whereas here there is a year of warranty. For the upcoming holidays can be an investment rather than a success.

Brother HL 1430 Review: Big and good but a little memory

2009-12-17T11:43:00.000-08:00

Product features
Brother HL-1430 is a desktop laser printer with a maximum resolution of 600x600 dpi. Print speed is 14ppm, and the memory is 4 MB. The paper tray holds 250 sheets, but there is a slot for additional manual paper feed. Handling paper sizes A4, B5, B6 and A6. Compatible with both Windows and Mac printer has USB and parallel connection. The dimensions are 360 (W) x370 (D) x235 (H) and weight 9.2 kg.

HL-1430 looks like a traditional laser printers. Brother has managed to limit the size by placing the paper trays in the printer. You can insert one sheet at a time if you want to write on special paper. There is no problem to access the feeder and it can be changed independently of the drum. Menu options are clearly exposed.

The design is straightforward, HL-1430 is large and angular, but is doing well. The tests achieved a print speed of 11 pages per minute makes HL-1430 to one of the fastest printers. Unfortunately, not enough memory to 4 MB to demanding office environments, which is a shame because a generous paper input and low noise level would otherwise make the HL-1430 suitable for the office. It is an affordable product with reasonable operating cost. Installation is simple with the help of educational information on CD ROM. Print quality was consistently very good, despite an average resolution

At the end I tell you that this printer is a faithful and reliable companion for the desk and highly recommend to those who have normal printing needs for both home and small office.

Before buying printer, there are some things to think about

2009-12-16T02:04:00.000-08:00

Compatibility
Printers are manufactured to operate with different operating systems. For Windows users, this is normally no problem, since virtually all printer works well in Windows environment. However, if you intend to use your printer with UNIX and Mac, it is not at all obvious that it works. Make sure your printer supports the new operating system your computer uses.

Resolution
The resolution is measured in dots per inch (dpi), both horizontal and vertical resolution is measured but often given only the horizontal. Obviously, the higher the better the resolution. However, saying that should not be concentrating too much on the resolution as a printer with lower resolution can produce better prints than a printer with higher resolution. The printer type with the highest resolution is inkjet printers where the resolution up to 4800x2400 dpi is not unusual, there are also higher resolution printer. In the case of laser printers are still commonly with 600x600 dpi. Sublimation printers have in most cases 300x300 dpi.

Paper
The most common paper size that most printers are capable of handling the A4. There are very few printers capable of handling larger, but now it begins to be launched inkjet printers that can handle A3. There are specialized photo printer that can handle only photo format 10x15 cm. Inkjet printers generally require higher quality paper than laser printers for best results.

ONE'S LIFE LONG on transcripts is important for most of the obvious reasons. This applies particularly to those who print their photos. Most manufacturers specify number of years as a print to keep. Paper quality and their handling of the photos, of course, also affects longevity.

Speed
Print speed is important. Patience is running out quickly if it takes too long and some prints will then be happy to stay on your computer. Laser printers often handles regular text documents very well, but it can go pretty slow in the case of more advanced print job. Here, of course, the printer processor, a certain role. Sublimation technology allows slow in describing but it is still acceptable for photo printing. For many printers for you to choose print quality, and which applies as usual, the higher the quality the slower it goes.

Connections and optional
USB and PictBridge are almost more or less standard, as are card readers that can handle several different types of memory cards. Otherwise, the printer may be WLAN, Bluetooth and infrared for wireless communication. Some printers have the ability to print on CD. Some photo printers also have extra paper tray specifically for photo paper and printer should be used for purposes other than to print photos, it is easy for paper tray that can handle pretty many sheets.

Many printers are available in different versions depending on the needs of particular network connection, duplex unit and paper volume to be handled. Often, you can also choose between performance and how much memory the printer has built-in.

It is also important to check what is included in the purchase in the cables and software.

Printer Buying Guide : Buying Guide for speculators on the printer for home and office.

2009-12-14T09:12:00.000-08:00

-- Good advice for a purchase --
Buying printers used to be really quite a simple choice for most. To the small office was a black and white l aser printe r, a good alternative. When you need color printing was invested in a color laser, but they cost a lot. The alternative was to use a printer when the need arose. For home use, it was normally an inkjet printer in force. As the smaller and cheaper laser printers came they became a serious competitor to ink printers are also trawling for domestic use and for a while it was thought enough that the laser would take over completely.

Rematch or comeback for inkjet printers should come and why in addition to an increase in quality spelled digital cameras. They have created a need to print photos in a higher quality. Inkjet printers, which still performs better in terms of color printing, then became an option again. Above all, this has proven at all dedicated photo printer launched. With the increased need for printing in a smaller form was also sublimation technique that works well for smaller format interesting.

Thanks to the affordability and quality enhancement are also multi-machine has become an interesting alternative for home or small office. In addition to printers, there are also built-in scanner, copier and fax in many cases. Affordable and quality increase has made the product currently is a viable option even for those who want to print their photos. Some products can also handle slides and negatives increasing use.

Brother HL 1250 Review: Good printer for high volume home users

2009-12-12T20:54:00.000-08:00

Product features
Professional business-quality 1200 x 600 dpi graphics resolution combined with microfine toner produces sharp quality printing. Paper capacity is a staggering 250 sheets of letter size paper and the HL-1250 allows you to obtain optimum print quality on different media types, every time. An optional second paper cassette allows you to expand the paper capacity to 500 total sheets should the need arise
    * 12 PPM (15 seconds first page out)
    * 1200 x 600 DPI in Windows (600 x 600 in Mac and DOS)
    * 4 MB RAM (expandable to 36MB)
    * Connects Via USB and Parallel

A great printer with good print speed and good resolution that is the laser of the Brother HL-1250 is ideal for small and medium offices and is also excellent for home.and 'with 4MB of memory, expandable to 68MB, and a processor 66MHz, offers a printing speed of 12 pages per minute at a resolution of 600dpi. The maximum resolution is 1200x600 dpi. The paper tray is sufficient and has a capacity of 250 sheets, while the output of about 150 sheets ... Not bad. The length of the toner is quite indicative and estimated about 3,000 pages. The interface to the computer is either a USB or parallel, to be compatible with both older operating systems, both with PCs that do not have the USB port. Brother HL-1250 is ready for another optional 500 -sheet tray and installation of a network interface as the best laser printers. Of note the efficient interactive handbook for the installation and configuration that allows virtually even for a novice to configure the printer but still it is not difficult to install.

Different types of printers

2009-12-11T21:06:00.000-08:00

We will be referred to further describe the various technologies behind, and the different types of printers available on the market. The selection of printers for home users with the launch of the photo printer probably never been greater than today, while many printers also will do well for the small office. In other words, it is important to consider before buying what printer is used.

Laser
The technique uses static Electricity generated when the laser hits the drum. Printouts from a laser printer is the result of dye burned down in the places on the drum where the laser beam has met and transferred to paper when it is fed.
Laser printers have already mentioned, went down in price and therefore compete in a different way than in the past with ink jet printers. Although laser printer capable of color printing has come down in price, which is a good option for those who want to be able to produce great-looking presentations. Back of the cheaper purchase price is that the different color tones are still quite expensive relative to the printer ink?psspris. Before buying you should think about what print volumes to be handled and the relationship between black and white and color printing, in order to be able to estimate printing costs. It may be worthwhile in the long run to go up in the purchase price if you can get into the printing cost.

Inkjet
This type of printer, the computer translates the command into a movement with the print head which then sends out small jets of ink through the nozzles. Most inkjet printers use four colors, yellow, magenta, cyan and black, but there is a printer that works with up to ten different colors. Separate ink cartridges for different colors, giving better economy because the colors are used very different and can be replaced separately. Normally consumed as soon as the black color.

Sublimation
The technology works so that each color (three), put on separately, which means that the paper is fed three times a printer, and in many cases even a fourth time when a protective coating is applied. Paper and ink cartridges is often purchased in packages, which makes it easy to keep track of costs. This technology is expensive when compared with laser and inkjet printing, but in smaller photo format is sufficiently competitive.

Wax
Melting wax on a piece of paper that dries as soon as it hits the paper.

POINT
Works the same way as a laser printer by using the electrostatic charge, but there are LEDs that illuminates the drum and not laser.

Matrix
Dot matrix printers work by needles is controlled within a matrix and when the needle is pressed against a ribbon so it will be black dots on paper. A type of printer that is very unusual in the small office and home environment.

Photo Printers
By digital cameras completely taken over the photographic market, the need for printers to print photographs occurred. There are specialized printers that are generally only print 10x15cm photo printers to handle A3. All photo printers use either inkjet or sublimation technology as laser technology, although they have improved not reach the same level of quality in color photos. But they will do good to wear cloaks and prints.

Is there a dedicated photo printer should be able to print borderless photo printing and be PictBridge compatible which means it can print cards directly from the digital cameras that are compatible. The printer must also have room for memory cards and can handle several different types of memory cards. A definite advantage is if the printer has a display so that you can preview your photos before printing without having to go through a computer, when you print directly from memory cards.

Many photo printers also have separate ink cartridges which means that each color can be changed separately for consumption which allows one to obtain lower cost of printing.

Multifunction
In a multi-machine manufacturers have pushed in more functions in one product. Previously, it was almost exclusively on inkjet technology in this category, but now there are inexpensive multifunction products that use laser technology.

What distinguishes its products are the number of functions. Most of the printer, copier and scanner. Fax is something that a lot of products do not. In addition to these features may also be room for memory cards and also able to handle slides and negatives, which further increases the field of use. Some manufacturers advertise their multi-machines as a small photo studio in an attempt to compete with the more stylized photo printers.

Brother HL 2030 Review: Excellent printer at a good price

2009-12-11T09:40:00.000-08:00

Product features

Brother HL-2030 monochrome laser printer, PC and Mac compatible Compact and stylish, this machine operates with a speed of 16 ppm and a resolution of 1,200 dpi HQ, has a memory of 8 MB and GDI emulation. The paper tray holds up to 250 sheets standard, is also a single-sheet feeder suitable for different types of paper, including envelopes and labels. The interface standard is the USB 2.0 Full Speed.

Here is another very affordable laser printer, ideal for the home, and very fast.

This Brother HL 2030 is a laser printer in black and white really nice and reliable, it is not much space in the space of our desks have a tight, very simple, with almost an entire stack of tray containing A4 paper, and I It seemed the time of printing really surprising.
With a resolution of 1200X1200 points, then useful to print photos or documents, is ideal for both "us mortals, that we use in our small house for big things, both for professionals and their offices (where ' I've just known and appreciated!), which make it an important and continuous use (think that printing a test page I found that the Brother in question was at the 36000th release number and beyond!). therefore also be considered very reliable and durable.

Finally, it seems that even the cost of the cartridges are very content and very respectable, but I have no news today that the Service "Brother" offers.

How to choose the printer?

2009-12-10T08:21:00.000-08:00

Fact choose the printer is not as difficult as it seems at first sight. Despite the wide variety of models, all modern printers can be divided into three classes by the method of printing: the matrix, inkjet and laser. Each type has its own set of advantages and disadvantages, which can immediately determine, at least for the type of Printer you're looking for.

The printer is usually acquired with the computer or at least a couple of days later, because this device is essential, whether at home or the office.
And then, on what features should you buy a printer?
We stop on the most common. Course, one usually looks for a less expensive printer. But choosing the cheapest printer is not entirely correct. Indeed, it is entirely wrong. In fact, the interests of producers and users of printers do not coincide. The buyer wants to find a printer cheap, but the manufacturer and the dealer - selling the most expensive.

Therefore, printer manufacturers often make small tricks. They can sell the printer at a loss, but trying to sell the consumables -- ink cartridges, toner.. a very high price, and that can only be inserted into the printer cartridge company logo. So they want to recover the costs. As a result, the cartridge could cost more than half the cost of the printer itself.

Many printers have a chip that determines the level of ink, and even if filled with ink, the printer does not work. He believes that the ink was finished, so you have to throw the used cartridge and buy a new cartridge. Several printers are sold with the cartridges in the test, which end after printing a few pages, or the cartridges are not exactly included. So before you buy the printer based on price or brand, it would be very useful to consult the prices of cartridges, toner cartridges compatible with your printer choice. A kit of cartridges is already costing more than the cost of the printer. is strongly recommended to inform well, that has the printer print resources that makes us eye in the window, otherwise, the day after we run in search of the cartridges.

There is another very important secret. The package does not include printer cables connected to PC and other devices! Sell a device without accessories essential to the operation is something really ugly. So we are forced to buy the cable you need. For most of the printers you use a connection USB, Ethernet (LAN), And rarely -- Parallela. If you already have a wireless router without the USB port, you should look for a printer with an Ethernet connection (LAN), to manage the printer in mode Wireless (wireless) and share printer multiple PCs (network printer). Already talking about connectivity, we consider that there are printers with the connection Bluetooth, CardReaderThat allows you to connect the printer with the camera phone for direct printing without using a PC.

Well, now we are somewhat aware of these pitfalls that we could cheat and make its selection based on the type of printer. Today all manufacturers provide us with high quality printers, so we can have a printer that costs so much amateur and print results similar to professional printers. The type of printer you choose based on the type of use.Inkjet Printers
This type is good for use at home to print an occasional document. Allows you to quickly print any type of document, both text and images with excellent quality. Normally, with a new cartridge you can print approximately 100 pages of text, images - much less. The models designed for photo prints provide exceptional performance through the use of cartridges of different colors (3 - 8 cartridges). The cost of printing can be very high. Eye on the print head! Some models have built-in printer cartridge, and if for a long period is not used - the head dry, and then agrees to buy the new printer to repair it. Therefore, if the printer you will rarely use, you should buy one that uses cartridges with built-in head, so you change only the cartridge broken or exhausted.

Inkjet Printers
This type is good for use at home to print an occasional document. Allows you to quickly print any type of document, both text and images with excellent quality. Normally, with a new cartridge you can print approximately 100 pages of text, images - much less. The models designed for photo prints provide exceptional performance through the use of cartridges of different colors (3 - 8 cartridges). The cost of printing can be very high. Eye on the print head! Some models have built-in printer cartridge, and if for a long period is not used - the head dry, and then agrees to buy the new printer to repair it. Therefore, if the printer you will rarely use, you should buy one that uses cartridges with built-in head, so you change only the cartridge broken or exhausted.

Monochrome and Color Laser Printer (LaserJet)
They are more expensive but more convenient for the amount of pages to print (about 1500 to 2500 pages) compared to inkjet printers. The print is sharp and very fast and also has very low cost per page. Several models use the drums that you can recharge, that leads to the cost of printing even more affordable. But even here, before you buy, you must request that print resources has the toner included. In 99% of printers sold in the toner is just for testing - a few pages. In this case you must buy immediately or refilling toner compatible.

Multifunction inkjet and laser printers - monochrome and color.
In one unit we have: printer, scanner, copier and fax often. Although it is a bit bulky - certainly takes up less space on our desk than the devices mentioned above all if we were apart. And then, even for the costs - I would say that is worth buying one of this type.

Brother HL 2035 Review: Very cheap printer

2009-12-10T00:41:00.000-08:00

Product Features

Monochrome printing high quality contained in a printer designed compact and elegant.

- Standard 250-sheet drawer

- Dimensions (LxWxH) 371 x 361 x 165.5 mm

- GDI emulation

- Standard Memory 8MB

- Weight 6.5kg

- Max Resolution 2400 x 600dpi

- Print speed: up to 18ppm

Brother HL 2035 is a simple laser printer in the lower price bracket. Despite this impressive HL-2035 with excellent print quality, low operating costs and high usability.

It's small and lightweight, so you hardly need any help with the unpacking of Brother's new printers. You do not have the way, help with installation either, the instructions on the CD that comes with the package makes it easy to get started.
Download the toner in the printer's front. Then you are ready.

Since no paper sticking out the back, you placer near the wall without any problems. The hidden main tray holds up to 250 A4 pages

The drivers and software is simple to use and handle all common tasks, including features like N-up (which makes it possible to print multiple records on a sheet) and manual two-sided printing.

HL-2035 has no display and communicates with the user through four LEDs indicating the status of the printer. A small interactive help application explaining what each diode combination means and gives suggestions on how to fix any problems. Even for all Linux users.

Printers in this (low) price category are often drawn with much higher running costs than more expensive models. This is not the case with HL-2035th This costs each side around 25 cents.

However, you should not assume that your printer can handle much more than 12 000 pages, then the drum must be replaced. And it may well be more expensive than buying a new printer.

In our performance tests are HL2035 what it promises. 18 pages per minute with varied content. And it needs about 10 seconds before the first page begins to print.

The unit is fast enough for individual users and small workgroups.

Brother HL 5140 Laser Printer Review

2009-12-08T22:19:00.000-08:00

Product Features
2,400 x 600 dpi maximum print resolution
Up to 21 ppm print speed; manual duplexing
133 MHz processor, 16 MB RAM, expandable to 144 MB
Parallel and USB 2.0 interfaces, optional Ethernet and wireless
PC, Mac, and Linux compatible

Until a few years ago when I was talking about inkjet printers, I had no doubt that HP was the brand to which I referred at once, thanks to the quality, compatibility and inexpensiveness of its products. In recent years, however, the field of inkjet printers are so many products on the market that offer good performance and affordable, to the point now that if I were to choose an ink jet printer I have some difficulty deciding on the brand and the model to purchase.
Not so however for laser printers. In fact ever since I started working in the computer field, for me Brother laser printer for excellence! I've personally have never purchased a (usually laser I've always had in the office), but every time I have been offered to change printer I've always made sure that this was Brother which I believe is synonymous with quality and reliability .
The Brother HL-5140 printer, laser, is that right now is very impressive on my desk. And after more than a year of use are clearly satisfied.
Let us see in detail ..

:: BEAUTY ::
Maybe the aesthetic point of view is the only negative factor in part of this hardware, even if in fact it is very subjective. I do not mind for the office, but much also depends on the context in which it is inserted. In fact, the printer looks quite simple in its line, a characteristic quite common at this sub-products, one that perhaps can be annoying is the size as the footprint is large (a square of about 38x38 cm high and 25). But all things considered, you watch and you do not have too many problems in this problem area will be marginal.

::INDEPENDENCE::
Strong point of the Brother HL-5140, as well as other similar models of the same line (HL-5 ***), is the substantial autonomy of the toner and drum, which, although expensive, can be used for a large number of pages . Plus you can optimize the cost depending on the number of pages that are presumed to print, are in fact available toner for 3500 pages or 6700. If you print a lot agrees to buy the toner 6700 pages (about 120 Euro), otherwise it is better to stay on that by 3500 (about 75 Euro) since if not using the toner tends to solidify due to moisture and there is risk of having to throw early.
The drum (or drum), however, according to the manufacturer guarantees autonomy for about 20000 pages (at a cost of about $ 150) and I must say that this figure is very close to the actual wear.

:: INTERFACES ::
The printer has both parallel and USB interface. In itself seems a bit 'useless, since now the use of USB is widely distributed and present on almost all computers. But the presence of the parallel, as well as for connecting to older computers, may be useful to connect two PCs to the printer without using switches or have them online (to make the sharing of the printer itself). In the office we have done so and is very convenient for us because, although the network clients, you must turn them on.

:: QUALITY OF PRINTING ::
In terms of print quality is excellent and remains excellent until the toner is not quite empty. I often used in critical condition (lamp lit by the toner days) and has always given me beautiful prints black to the end.
The resolution is good for the type of use to which the printer is designed: 2400x600 dpi.

:: OTHER COMMENTS ::
Overall, the Brother HL-5140 is an excellent printer, but superseded by later models of the 52xx series (but is still on the market). It 'a bit' noisy when starting the press, but perfectly silent when in standby mode. The speed is excellent in relation to the price range which it belongs, we speak of more than 20 pages per minute that is a very respectable performance.
Paper jam occurs rarely, usually happens when I use recycled paper that has already been printed on one side and left there for maybe days. It 'important, in fact, that the paper does not take moisture to prevent the sheets are "sticking" together with the risk that the roll shots into multiple worksheets simultaneously.
The loading system is the classic paper drawer (where you can easily load about 200 sheets), but there is a small door in front of it is to make nutrition handbook.
The printer, like Brother has accustomed us, is compatible with most operating systems. We've found an incompatibility problem with some computers, but on the website of Brother are always present the latest drivers and patches with which we have solved the problem.
Maintenance, finally, is very simple and intuitive. The replacement of toner and the drum is easy and well explained in the manual of the printer on the packaging of spare parts.

:: END ::
Although not so popular on the market, the printer in question is excellent and I recommend it if you find. But I think I can say, without too many scruples, that even greater (52xx series) of the same group should remain undisturbed qualities that distinguish the Brother printers.
Brother HL-5140 is a printer built to last and who does a lot of prints. Perhaps a little 'retro' in terms of aesthetics, a little 'bulky (38x38x25 cm and weighing 10kg), but excellent from the point of view function. Suited to the office, less for the house.
Strongly recommended!