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Expert Verdict
Brother HL5140 printer is one of the award winning printers under Brother brand. It is ideal for both personal and professional use, especially for a job that requires a large number of prints. The printer features a square design that occupies very little desk space, great connectivity, upgrade options, and most importantly it prints much faster, thanks to better onboard memory. You might not prefer Brother HL5140 if you want a sharp looking design. However, the look of a printer hardly matters, if it has a good speed and expandability to offer. Hence, the Brother HL5140 could be a better choice for your small business, home office and personal use. This laser printer is 382 x 383 x 252 mm (15.0 x 15.1 x 9.9 in), in dimensions which can easily hold Brother HL5140 toner cartridges. It will even settle into the most crowded work area without disturbing the other areas.
At the top of this printer, there is an output tray that can hold upto 150 sheets, and a control panel, that consists of four lights and two plastic buttons. The lights indicate the status of drum, paper capacity, and Brother HL5140 toner cartridges. Whereas the two buttons - Job Cancel, for stopping a print task, and Go, for awakening the printer from sleep or for continuing a print task. These features on the control panel usually provide ease to the users. The middle part of the printer is to keep Brother HL5140 toner cartridges and a media feed-tray door has been built into the front panel of the printer. It can easily handle envelopes, letterhead and allows the addition of an optional 250 sheet paper tray for more flexibility, but at a certain cost. And the best part is, you would not have to face any paper jams, until and unless the paper is inserted in the correct manner.
Since, Brother brand does not sell memory, the memory for Brother HL5140 printer is available from third-party vendors. It ships with an onboard memory of 16MB and has the ability to add more, up to 144 MB max. So those who are running a network with large print job requirements, might need to upgrade. Its connectivity options are USB, network, and parallel port. It's quite an easy process to set up the HL5140 printer. From loading the software and drivers to installing the print drum and the Brother HL5140 toner cartridges. Users have an option to ask for software-based help, which reduces the stress of many printer users.
With a number of useful features, there are some features unavailable in this printer. The printer does not have a memory card and does not allow colored Brother HL5140 toner cartridges, which means the user cannot print in any color, except black. Also, it has lower quality than usual graphics quality for a monochrome laser. But apart from this, in most of the labs' tests, the printer proved itself a very fast laser printer with uneven print quality. It was declared as one of the best laser printers providing quick page prints at 16.5 pages per minute (ppm) for monochrome. It’s even quicker than some other expensive printers available in the market. The users saw flawless text, found the texts easy-to-read and with well-outlined characters, even down into 2-point font sizes, in both plain text and italics text. And if the text had been a bit darker, it would have definitely been rated as excellent, instead of very good. So if you are in search of a laser monochrome printer, with a good speed and connectivity, Brother HL5140 printer should be your first choice.
Review
Brother HL-5140 is a compact monochrome laser printer that prints at an above-average speed of 21 pages per minute. At 23.1 pounds of weight, the printer is a discernibly lightweight machine. The Brother HL5140 printer is known to print good quality text and images as it features 2400x600dpi resolution and compatibility with high quality Brother HL5140 toner cartridges.
At its level, Brother HL-5140 conserves resources while printing as it features special power saving and toner saving attributes. Its one-touch job cancel button also brings printing to a halt instantly if needed to prevent paper wastage. Brother HL-5140 printer has an expandable 250-sheet paper input capacity and a single-sheet manual feed tray for additional flexibility.
Brother HL5140 toner cartridge enables the printer to print on recycled paper besides regular sheets, transparency sheets, envelopes and labels efficiently. The printer runs on 133 MHz processor and offers 16MB of memory standard, which can be upgraded to 144MB. It can be connected to a computer with both, wireless as well as Ethernet connectivity. It employs a standard hi-speed USB 2.0 interface that connects to computers effortlessly. The printer functions competently with Brother HL5140 toner cartridges and is compatible with Mac and Linux operating systems as well.
Advantages:- Compact in size
- Lightweight- 23.1 pounds only
- 21-page per minute (ppm) machine
- Cost-effective
- Minimises wastage of paper though quick one-touch job cancel button
- Expandable 250-sheet paper input capacity
- Impressive upgradeable memory
- Compatible with wireless as well as Ethernet connectivity
- USB 2.0 interface offers seamless connectivity
- Only monochrome printing
- Quality of graphics not up to the mark
- Prone to paper jamming
- PSingle paper, transparency sheets and large quantity envelope need to be fed to printer manually
- High cost of paper trays and memory
The replacements for Brother HL5140 Toner Cartridges are:
- Compatible Brother TN3060 toner cartridge
- Brother Premium Compatible & Refilled Drum Unit DR3000
- Compatible Brother TN3030 toner ink cartridge
Conclusion
Brother HL-5140 monochrome laser printer is ideal for home use and for offices with limited space. The quality as well as quantity of output is appreciable. The flexibility and array of features incorporated in Brother HL-5140 make it suitable for various printing jobs.