The Budget Brother HL 5050 Cartridge

I would say that there are two main things that this printer is doing right.

The first is its rather low prince tag which makes it affordable for almost every small office. The relatively small footprint which makes it easy to place and setup in tight congested work environments. This printer is capable of blazing fast print speeds and excellent quality monochrome print. Its network capability makes it easy to connect the printer to an existing home network or office network.

If you are in search for a bargain price printer which can print crisp and sharp text then this one is definitely a winner. This is a cheap printer that has the power to output awesome text. Our texts concluded that the text was both good and sharp.

The Brother HL 5050 comes standard with a 250 sheet tray in its base. There is another tray at its front panel which holds another 50 sheets. This can either be used as a secondary tray to either feed envelopes. You can even stack them high this is one attractive feature if you print lots of envelops. However the printer does not have a rear exit for the paper so there are chances that your paper will come out a bit creased at the edges.

For an office that does a lot of envelope printing this is a great option. The printer does not possess a back exit so the chances of the paper coming out un-creased is low. The fact that this printer comes with a built in duplexer is very attractive. If you are badly in need of more paper capacity you can always get an extra 250 tray attached for an extra $200.

Now right next to the 150 sheet output bin there is a control panel that has two buttons and four lights. The printer lacks an LCD based menu however it's so easy to use and enter in network parameters. You won't really notice the lack of an LCD based menu. The colorful booklet that accompanies the printer makes setting up and troubleshooting your printer a chinch. Apart from the booklet you get no other documentation. The CD-Rom that you get with the printer will visually illustrate how to setup and your printer. If you still need more help you can download Brother's set of useful network administration tools for free from their website.

This printer is very good at producing excellent quality text that is crisp. However you might notice a few strange effects in a few fonts. We tried printing out line art and found that the results were satisfactory. The ability of this printer to produce high quality text is what separates this printer from the rest in its price range.

We found changing the Brother HL 5050 printer toner to be easy and well documented. You just located the drum assembly located in the front. However the printer comes company fitted with a standard size Brother HL Toner Cartridges which should give you a live of 3000 pages. If you want to save some money you can purchase a larger capacity cartridge by shelling out an extra $100. This larger one will last you for 700 pages. For more information, check out our site http://www.qtoner.us.