Brother HL-5280DW Laser Printer-Brother HL-5280DW Laser Printer
Brother
- HL-5280DW
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I read the reviews and was a little worried when the printer arrived. Would it cause the lights to flickers in my office with all the other power-hungry computer stuff plugged in? (No.) Would it make my office smell like ozone? (Not after the first week.) Would it make clicking noises and drive me crazy? (Not at all.) Would it work wirelessly with my network? (Perfectly.)
I love this printer. I love printing wirelessly from my living room. I love that it's totally silent when it is sleeping. I love that it was easy to setup and that it has worked flawlessly since I got it. The only thing I don't love about it, is the fan noise that it a little loud when it is cooling down after a job. Of course, it's only loud because the printer is one foot from my computer and three feet from my head. For the money, this is absolutely a great buy and a great printer.
I love this printer. I love printing wirelessly from my living room. I love that it's totally silent when it is sleeping. I love that it was easy to setup and that it has worked flawlessly since I got it. The only thing I don't love about it, is the fan noise that it a little loud when it is cooling down after a job. Of course, it's only loud because the printer is one foot from my computer and three feet from my head. For the money, this is absolutely a great buy and a great printer.
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First, read my review re: the 'Andrea Doria' HP6980 inkjet printer that I replaced with this Brother laser printer.
I received this printer (i.e., the Brother) and my faith in printers has at last, and to great relief, been restored - after the debacle that was HP. I have it connected to PC/Vista Ultimate/ethernet. 15 minutes total from recieving the box to actually printing documents. Setup worked fine for me. I turn it on. I hit print. It prints. HP - you've been pwned by this printer. THANK YOU BROTHER! After my nightmare experience with the HP dog, this printer is a breath of fresh air. All I ever wanted to do, alas, was to be able to PRINT. I give this a 5 star. I cannot comment on others' problems, but for me, it is perfect.
I received this printer (i.e., the Brother) and my faith in printers has at last, and to great relief, been restored - after the debacle that was HP. I have it connected to PC/Vista Ultimate/ethernet. 15 minutes total from recieving the box to actually printing documents. Setup worked fine for me. I turn it on. I hit print. It prints. HP - you've been pwned by this printer. THANK YOU BROTHER! After my nightmare experience with the HP dog, this printer is a breath of fresh air. All I ever wanted to do, alas, was to be able to PRINT. I give this a 5 star. I cannot comment on others' problems, but for me, it is perfect.
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I have had good success with Brother lasers before. This replaced an old 1670N. I couldn't be happier with it. I use it on a Mac G5 dual 1.8. The setup was simple, although I had to use the install disk, something I'm not accustomed to with Mac drivers. Went through the setup once and the wireless function has worked perfectly 100% of the time. More than I can say for my HP OfficeJet 7410xi wireless. It shows up in Safari Bonjour bookmarks and gives me a full set of network/printer information. I'd probably go with 4.5 stars if I could, as there here is some envelope curling. It's blazing fast!
I've never had the surge problem, although there is always some surge with a laser. I connect it to a home theater power strip, rather than the UPS my Mac is on.
I've never had the surge problem, although there is always some surge with a laser. I connect it to a home theater power strip, rather than the UPS my Mac is on.
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I purchases that printer 2 weeks ago to print thru the wireless.
I spent 2 hours with tech support from Brother and they could not activate the wireless option on. Service was very bad, every view minutes they put me on hold for 5 min. The guy from tech support didn't know how to help me. Big set back for me to by any Brother equipment for my office.
I spent 2 hours with tech support from Brother and they could not activate the wireless option on. Service was very bad, every view minutes they put me on hold for 5 min. The guy from tech support didn't know how to help me. Big set back for me to by any Brother equipment for my office.
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So far (after a month), we have been overwhelmingly satisfied with this printer. Setup was plug-and play easy, even considering our password-encrypted wireless network. It is a luxury to have a printer whos only cord is a power cord. We are using a second paper tray, which is also working great.
Print performance is fast and sharp - the duplexing feature works well, and the printer is relatively quiet (except when duplexing, then there is considerable clacking).
I cannot comment on durability - at this point we have only run about 1500 pages.
Bottom line - a good unit for a small to moderate networked environment!
Print performance is fast and sharp - the duplexing feature works well, and the printer is relatively quiet (except when duplexing, then there is considerable clacking).
I cannot comment on durability - at this point we have only run about 1500 pages.
Bottom line - a good unit for a small to moderate networked environment!
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Printer has proven over the short haul to be reasonably quiet and reliable. I spent quite a bit of time getting it to talk to the wireless network, which was made even more difficult by the WEP encryption on my network. You have to initially direct-connect the printer to the wireless router in order to set it up. Other than that, anyone should be able to set it up provided they have some basic understanding of networks, IP addressing, and the like. I'm not sure I'd advise a non-network savvy person to attempt it without a computer geek to help.
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I have owned the printer for about two months now and I am satisfied with the purchase. It is hard to find another printer in this price range (I paid $315 at Amazon) with similar feature set. I use it on my wireless LAN at home with both PCs and my MacBook Pro, and have not had any major trouble so far. I did not dare to setup the security features, so I can't relate to the other reviewer who had problems with enabling them on the printer. I rely on MAC address filtering on my access point for the time being.
Now, there are 3 aspects of the printer I did not like a whole lot :
1. Fan noise.
2. Clicking sound during warm-up.
3. Surge of current generated by the printer upon startup.
I emailed the tech support, and received an answer promptly, to my satisfaction, so I decided to keep it.
Overall I rate it with 5 stars based on the price/performance.
The answers from tech support are below for your reading pleasure.
The fan will run until the fuser is below 100 degrees Celsius. Make
Now, there are 3 aspects of the printer I did not like a whole lot :
1. Fan noise.
2. Clicking sound during warm-up.
3. Surge of current generated by the printer upon startup.
I emailed the tech support, and received an answer promptly, to my satisfaction, so I decided to keep it.
Overall I rate it with 5 stars based on the price/performance.
The answers from tech support are below for your reading pleasure.
The fan will run until the fuser is below 100 degrees Celsius. Make
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I purchased one recently, after comparing with HP's same level printer. This HL 5280DW has almost all the features of the HP's, yet has better memory and chip speed and lower price (only to have paid more before the new sale price). I followed the instructions on the CD and had no problem at all to have two of my laptops to communicate with the printer via my wireless network. It's been working pretty good so far. HP's is a name brand, but this Brother's product works fine, only with less cost to me.
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I purchased one recently, after comparing with HP's same level printer. This HL 5280DW has almost all the features of the HP's, yet has better memory and chip speed and lower price (only to have paid more before the new sale price). I followed the instructions on the CD and had no problem at all to have two of my laptops to communicate with the printer via my wireless network. It's been working pretty good so far. HP's is a name brand, but this Brother's product works fine, only with less cost to me.
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I bought this printer for my wife and I to use. I wanted a fast laser printer with wi-fi connection and this printer fit the bill. My only source of frustration so far (after one month of ownership) was that the using the printer's easy installation and set-up software was a complete bust. The printer simply couldn't find my computer (I'm using a Mac with 10.4.5 OS X.). I followed all the steps repeatedly in the printed instruction manual, both with a wired and wi-fi connection, but to no avail. I thought I might have to send the printer back, but then I started wading through the much longer instruction manual that's included on the CD. Using this, I was able to create a connection with my Airport Extreme terminal using the controls directly on the printer itself. Because it was the weekend and the company's customer service is closed on weekends, it took me a ridiculously long time to figure this out - 6 hours easy. But since I did, the printer's worked like a charm. While my printer
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