
Brother HL 5170DN - perfect for small businesses
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
I have a small graphic design house where I sometimes have to print 100 or 500 fliers, some of them duplexed, on the quick, and this printer does that for me. I have never been disappointed with Brother printers...I used to own a 760 DX that was a wonderful workhouse, and its straight paper path made printing on cardstock feasible.
The 5170 series has a adequate paper cassette, the quality of the copies are good, and the print speed is fast enough for my needs. The only downside is in printing paper that isn't fresh and dry, the printed copies will soon be flying throughout the office if attention isn't taken to assembling them quickly.
I especially needed a printer that had a substantial amount of toner in its cartridges so that I wouldn't have to constantly make store runs to buy more toner. This baby prints and prints and prints. I like Brother's philosophy of having a separate printing drum from the toner, so that it can keep the costs down when I do have to buy a toner cartridge. One suggestion would be to keep a drum handy when it comes time to replacing them.
I am sold on Brother and HP printers, and have no problem with finding toner for either of them. I can't say that about Epson and Xerox, to my chagrin.
Brother printers are reasonably priced, and memory upgrades are usually inexpensive and a snap. I recommend them heartily.
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