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I needed to replace my old laser printer and this one proved to be excellent. The printing quality is very good. I found that replacement toner cartridges sold on eBay are very reasonably priced too, making this even better value for money. Mine was not new and did not come with instructions. However, the printer seems to have all necessary information on board. basically, I just plugged in and printed. I did worry that any software needed may be outdated but my PC downloaded and installed an updated driver for it straightaway. laser printers are extremely economical for people who do a lot of media printing, saving the expensive ink on your colour printer. I'm confident that this printer will last for years, as my last one did.
Great if you want no nonsense black and white printing in volume that is cheap and simple to use. Especially useful if you are using non Microsoft programmes such as DOS based programmes. Good solid piece of kit that does exactly what it says on the box.
I keep buying these units 2nd hand because the Toners can be refilled for about £10 (available via other ebay sellers) Its so easy to do . .and the toner can be refilled about 4 times before any lack of quality can be noticed. Not only are you doing your thing for the enviroment but saving a fortune on buying toners. We upgraded to the newer model once and when we tried to refill the toner brother had put a lock mechanism on the toner refill valve so basically stopping any more refills (sneaky or what) So we just go back to the 5140 . .its a bit big but it has parallel and usb connections. And if it jams its real easy to sort. top buy for high users watching the budget
I needed a relatively cheap n' cheerful monotone laser printer for quick print-offs of plans and internet articles as well as being able to produce etching masks for production of printed circuit boards (I print onto special transfer film). So far, for the first part of my requirements, I have not been let down at all. The printer was very easily installed, and was recognised immediately by my OS (Windows 7). I cannot fault this printer on speed and the quality of printing is good. For my second requirement, the production of etching masks, its not quite so proficient. This is mainly because I need a very dense toner deposition, and unfortunately I'm not sure that this printer's toner density is going to be heavy enough. That being said however, I have not yet tried experimenting with the print resolution settings, so I may still get what I was after. I would say that this printer is absolutely perfect if your main need is for printing good, clear text pages and you don't want to wait all day for them! It also seems that, after checking here on Ebay, supplies are available and reasonably priced. So, to sum up, I am very pleased with it and would recommend it as a good alternative to using up all your black ink from your colour inkjet!!Read full review
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