Brother HL 5140 Toner, Cute And Efficient.
Size counts: The recently face-lifted Brother HL 5140 Printer is small in size but definitely not small in performance. The unit measures a mere 15×15x10 inches and 15 pounds, making easy to fit in even the smallest of home or office.
Unbelievable value: The going rate on the printer is plus minus US$200. However, if you want all those optional extra’s to make your printer fancy, you will have to dig deep in your pockets as the accessories such as memory, additional paper tray’s and network requirements, per individual items costs almost twice the price of the printer itself.
Easy-to-understand controls: The printer control panel is extremely user friendly with just two buttons, one to Cancel Print and Go, to restart the continuous flow of printing after error or jam. Drum, Paper and HL 5140 Toner Cartridge status is indicated by three lights situated on top of the printer.
Paper Options : The printer has a 150 sheet output tray and 250 sheet main tray. Another 250 sheet tray can be added at a price almost equal to the price of the printer itself. The printer pushes an impressive twenty-one pages per minute making it ideal for multi-taskers who prefer completing other tasks than to wait for printing jobs to finish. Variety of paper types are accepted by the printer including labels, transparencies, envelopes and plain paper. Paper sizes supported are A4, A5, A6, exec, legal and letter. However legal size will have to be fed manually as well as large quantity printing of envelopes and transparencies. Paper jams are a very regular occurrence with the Brother HL 5140 Printer in terms of standard 8.5×11 multipurpose paper.
Print quality: The manufacturer boasts about the printers’ 2 400×600 dpi maximum print resolutions capacity. In terms of text printing, the printer is definitely one of the best on the market. Characters are perfectly outlined, bold and easy to read. Even the smallest point font and tricky italic characters are impeccable. Print quality problems arise when it comes graphics and photo printing. Flaws are present on the horizontal and vertical lines. Print quality in general is uneven. The printer is definitely not recommended for professional graphic or photography use.
Printer Memory: 16 MB’s memory comes standard with the printer. This may be too little for large printing jobs and networking with another 144 MB memory available to fill by means of SD RAM’s sold by 3rd party vendors.
Technical requirements: The printers’ system requirements are Microsoft 95 to XP, Linux and Mac OS. The printer is compatible with Mac, PC and Linux and has a 133 MHz processor with 16 MB RAM standard however it has available 144 MB’s. Interfaces that come standard with the printer are Parallel and USB with wireless and Ethernet extra.
HL 5140 Cartridge info: Brother HL 5140 Printer Toner Cartridge is very cost-effective and will last approximately two months depending on the quantity printing. However the drum is extremely expensive at about US$ 170.00.