An excellent reliable workhorse. Every month it faultlessly printed 3,000 closely printed sheets in a single job lot. Great value for money but keep away from cheap paper and always fan the paper bundle. However the brother toner cartridge is a mean-spirited miserly product. The toner light comes on far too early and the printer stops even though there is plenty of toner left in the cartridge. However, covering the ‘electronic eye’ can remedy this. Have now upgraded to the ‘duplex’ version and will report later.
Having owned two of these machines both of which broke down within 2 years, outside of the warranty period, i would urge you to buy from a supplier offering an extended warranty. Whilst the printer performed well, when it was working and the brother support staff were very helpful, i have now purchased a samsung with a five year warranty.
I use the brother for everything apart from colour printing. It’s very reliable and the toner seems to go on for ever. I would thoroughly recommend it.
- An excellent workhorse.
- Sturdy, fast, workhorse laser printer
- So Good I Bought It Twice!
We struggled to find this product anywhere, as it has been superseded now by a newer and more expensive model. We ordered this model, as we already have one and it arrived very quickly and we have had no problems with it :).
Sturdy, fast, workhorse laser printer. Just received this printer and am very pleased. Nothing fancy just does what it says on the tin very well. Fast prints with very good print quality and brother are offering either £20 cashback or free 3 year warranty until june 2010. The printer makes a bit of fan noise while printing but then goes almost silent and after a little while shuts itself into standby until required again. Seems solid enough, i was consdiering a samsung printer which had a few bells and whistles but upon investigating toner prices this brother appears to have refilled/compatible toner cartridges much more readily available and even the brother orginal toner – £76 for a high yield 7,000 toner seems fairly reasonable. I haven’t had the printer long but on 1st impressions i have no regrets. Oh, and the drivers installed no problem on both a windows xp and a windows 7 laptop.
Features of Brother HL-5240L Mono Laser Printer
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to make sure this fits. - Up to 24ppm monochrome printing speed
- First print in under 8.5 seconds
- Up to 1200 x 1200dpi print resolution
- Hi-speed USB 2 amd Parallel connection
- Up to 250 sheet paper capacity
Having owned two of these machines both of which broke down within 2 years, outside of the warranty period, i would urge you to buy from a supplier offering an extended warranty. Whilst the printer performed well, when it was working and the brother support staff were very helpful, i have now purchased a samsung with a five year warranty.
The printer ordered was hl 5240l but i received the hl 5240 when i informed the seller they were very helpful and asked if i wanted to keep it and as i needed a printer i said i would keep it. So the company refunded me half of my bill as a good will gesture and i have been very pleased with my purchase and will use the company again.
This review is from : Brother HL-5240L Mono Laser Printer
This review is from : Brother HL-5240L Mono Laser Printer
This review is from : Brother HL-5240L Mono Laser Printer
This review is from : Brother HL-5240L Mono Laser Printer