Brother HL5470DW Toner Cartridges

The Brother HL-5470DW is a high-speed office mono laser printer that offers versatile paper handling options and high-capacity Brother HL5470DW toner cartridges. In terms of price per page, the HL-5470DW is one of the cheapest printers to operate with compared to other monochrome printers.

The printer allows printing on both sides of the paper, this saves a lot of time and paper. One can find a 250-sheet input tray mounted at the bottom, as well as a 50-sheet multipurpose tray for printing on envelopes. The cartridges of the Brother HL-5470DW printer are only designed to print black and white documents and can approximately print around 3,000 pages or 8,000 pages per cartridge.

The printer weighs 10.5Kg and measures 15.1 inches deep, 10.1 inches tall, and 14.6 inches wide. It is compact in size and easily fits in any space. Installing the HL-5470DW printer is easy to accomplish, but one has to use USB or ethernet for the Wi-Fi installation process. The printer is provided with a backlit LCD display that is useful when setting up the printer. Its network management features include a web interface, a network management tool and a program set up to automate driver installations.

• Auto duplexer and built-in Wi-Fi
• Print through Google Cloud Print, AirPrint, and iPrint&Scan.
• Uses high-capacity Brother HL5470DW toner cartridges
• Offers advanced security options
• Offers good output quality

• Print speed is significantly slower
• The printer is quite expensive when compared to similar products
• Not possible to expand the memory
• Noisy while printing

The Brother HL5470DW toner cartridge includes:

• Brother TN-3380 Black Toner

Generally aimed to be used for small office purpose, the Brother HL-5470DW is a monochrome laser printer that is perfectly designed for the users that are occupied with heavy printing jobs. The printer is provided with an automatic duplexer and offers all the connectivity options one will need. HL-5470DW is versatile enough to accommodate both wired and wireless connections and provides good-quality output and incredibly affordable toner. Overall perfect for rolling it out in a large group of users.

How to clean the paper pick-up roller for Brother HL5470DW printer?

Cleaning the paper pick-up roller regularly may prevent paper jams by ensuring the proper feeding of paper. Perform the following steps to perform cleaning:

• Turn off the printer’s power switch.
• Remove already installed Brother HL5470DW toner cartridges.
• Remove the interface power cables from the machine and then unplug the power cord from AC power outlet. Take out the paper tray completely out of the machine and tightly stretch out a link-free cloth soaked in lukewarm water.
• Now, wipe the separator pad of the paper tray with it to remove dust.
• Wipe both the pick-up rollers inside the machine to remove dust.
• Place the paper tray back into the machine.
• Plug the printer’s power cord back into the AC power outlet first, and then connect the interface cables.
• Now turn on the printer’s power switch.

The Brother HL5470DW printer is fading on one side of the paper. How to improve the print quality?

To adjust or improve the darkness of prints, consider the following steps:

• Take out the Brother HL5470DW toner cartridge or drum unit assembly.
• Hold the assembly level with both hands and lightly shake it from side to side 3-4 times to spread the toner properly inside the cartridge.
• Check out the printer’s environment. The conditions such as high temperature and high humidity may cause faint/faded print.
• In case the whole page is too light, ‘Toner Save’ feature may be on. Turn off Toner Save Mode.
• For Windows, go to the Advanced tab and turn in off.
• For Macintosh, go to the Advanced print settings of Print Settings of driver.
• Install a new Brother HL5470DW toner cartridge.
• To prevent paper jams, clean the corona wire of the drum unit.
• Try to improve the print quality by putting in a new drum unit.