Brother Monochrome Laser Printer, HL-L5200DW, Wireless Networking, Mobile Printing, Duplex Printing, Amazon Dash Replenishment Ready

The title really should be updated to make it more obvious and very clear that this is black ink only. The set up was easy and the printing is crisp and clear. I need very small font printed and to be legible at as low as 6, 5, and 4 font size and this works great for that; I own two inkjet printers and for those font sizes the low cost printer completely fails at that task and the more expensive one is okay. Now that I own this printer I can print at home instead of paying for printing services at the local office supply stores printing shop. If you just want any old printer to print basic things compare the cost of not just the machine but the cost of the replacement toner as laser is more expensive and it may be an unnecessary high expense. I am glad this can print from mobile devices. Rated 5 stars = I Love It.

This printer is fast, quiet and extremely economical about toner cost since it uses the TN-820 (3000 pg) and TN-850 (8000 pg) toner cartridges. It comes in about 1.3 cents per page. Other printers from Brother like the HL-L2350DW use smaller cartridges with near 3 cents per page which is not good in the long run. The issue with this printer and other models from Brother is something called Deep Sleep mode. This a terrible feature that is suppose to save you money. The problem is the printer will not wake from deep sleep when a print job is sent. Windows 10 considers its offline and you may have to either power on or off the printer or delete and re-add the printer device to get it to print again. The good news is you can turn off Deep Sleep from the front control panel. The procedure is not intuitive but you can it on the internet. Once you do that you are golden.

The main issue I have with this WiFi printer is that is doesnt connect to my new Eero Wifi mesh setup because the printer requires a less secure Wifi format. :(

I wish they made it in color. prints great no issues, the drums seem to last forever for how much I need for my college classes. love the fact it has wifi capabilities

Great printer

I read tons of reviews on various Laser printers before selecting this one. The problem is, there weren’t any GREAT ones. So I selected what I thought was a decent one and moved forward. 2 months in and I’m not impressed. I use this printer VERY little, but when I do, I want my page quick and clean. This one is quick. But I’m not sure quick matters if it comes out looking like I rolled it in cookies and cream ice cream. The instructions for cleaning the drum say to print a guide page and take note of the regions that have discolorations. That’s the entire page for me. So, I’m going to work on getting it cleaned up, but for 2 moths of ownership and far less than 100 pages printed, this does not bode well. I’d suggest rolling the dice on another model.

Mine lasted just over 2 years (2yrs and 2 months after installing) in a very mild use environment- we go through about 1k sheets in about a year…probably more than a year. Started to not connect to network then just wouldn’t stay on. Unplugging starts it up but it almost immediately shuts down. Will go back to HP after this experience.

So far so good. Set up is easy and everything works as it should. Let you know in about 100,000 copies.

good printer great price

Had a Brother HL-2040 for years. It had good print quality but could not print envelopes worth a darn -- no matter how carefully I positioned the envelope, it would come out with the printing on the envelope crooked and the envelope crinkled. When the drum needed replacing, I took that as an opportunity to choose a new printer instead of replacing the drum. In all fairness, the HL-2040 was a low-end printer... but this printer is also very cost effective in initial purchase, and the toner is reasonably priced. I did not want an all-in-one scanner-type printer (I already have great Fujitsu sheet-fed and Epson flatbed scanners), nor an inkjet (I already have a color inkjet - there are pros and cons with inkjets compared to lasers). I wanted a high-capable single-purpose laser printer. In surveying all reasonably priced printers, I decided on this one as having the capabilities I wanted with the best value. I kept my fingers crossed that it would do a good job printing envelopes. I was not disappointed, in fact my hopes were exceeded! It has a straight path available for envelopes and heavy stock, but that path requires extra clearance at the back. I tried the normal curved path first (where the printed media exits from the top) and the envelopes show no sign of crinkling! Great! And the multi-function paper feed works perfectly in feeding the envelopes straight (the printing has never skewed). And, you can load up to 10 envelopes at a time. The multi-function tray is hidden out of the way in the front... simply flips down and the extensions flip out, and just as easily stores back into its hidden position -- extremely well designed. This printer has nearly any programmable option you could ever want, accessed via front panel, IP address or computer app. It can connect via USB, WiFi, or Ethernet cable. I chose to connect via Ethernet cable connected to a powerline adapter which is in turn connected to our home network. I could have connected via WiFi, but I find that powerline connection is rock-solid and I had an extra connection available in our second floor office -- the AC1750 WiFi router is downstairs near the limit of its transmission and Ive not found WiFi extenders to work as well as powerline, which easily covers the whole house. If using USB, that would mean the host computer would have to be on with printer sharing enabled. Having the printer connected via wired Ethernet works perfectly... as long as the router and powerline are on (always are), you can print from anywhere on the network (even if the Internet is down). After completing a print job, the printer quickly goes into deep sleep, and awakes instantly when sent another print job. It consumes only 1.3 watts in deep sleep. The only negative Ive found is that this printer is very noisy in its initialization process when powering up, but after that, the actual printing is not as noisy.