DCP-L5600DN
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JP.Pyle on Amazon
6 years ago
11/22/2016, 20:45 PM
Easy set up
Easy set up. I had a DCP8080DN that died after years of heavy use and I don't need the fax, so I went with this printer, copier, scanner and so far I am extremely happy with it.
bryanp on Amazon
7 years ago
08/06/2016, 18:17 PM
Five Stars
price was write delivered on time
simple set up for the office network connections
hope it lasts
Brian Newby on Amazon
7 years ago
06/22/2016, 06:02 AM
Great multi-function device
This device is perfect for my office at work. I decided on this device after finding myself making constant laps to the office copier. While the exercise wasn't hurting me, it was killing my productivity. While it really isn't a substitute for a full featured, office sized copier, I am so impressed with the quality of the prints/copies and overall speed. This printer/copier comes with several adjustment settings to get better print quality or resize an image, as you would expect with this sort of device.
Document scanning is also easy and better than expected quality. I haven't used it as a fax machine or set up the remote printing features, so I can't speak to that, but you should be aware this is not the wifi model if that is important to you.
I really don't have any complaints about this device. I was pleasantly surprised with its over all function and even found it to weight a little less than similar devices I have owned, although it is still quite heavy.
BNewby on Amazon
7 years ago
06/21/2016, 17:23 PM
Great multi-function device
This device is perfect for my office at work. I decided on this device after finding myself making constant laps to the office copier. While the exercise wasn't hurting me, it was killing my productivity. While it really isn't a substitute for a full featured, office sized copier, I am so impressed with the quality of the prints/copies and overall speed. This printer/copier comes with several adjustment settings to get better print quality or resize an image, as you would expect with this sort of device.
Document scanning is also easy and better than expected quality. I haven't used it as a fax machine or set up the remote printing features, so I can't speak to that, but you should be aware this is not the wifi model if that is important to you.
I really don't have any complaints about this device. I was pleasantly surprised with its over all function and even found it to weight a little less than similar devices I have owned, although it is still quite heavy.
Shlok Vaidya on Amazon
7 years ago
06/16/2016, 21:45 PM
Excellent for SMB
There's some confusion out of the box, because the instructions that come with it are not about this model specifically. There's no WiFi, as you'd expect per the manual, but if you have a free ethernet cord, a port on your router, and space for this thing, you're okay. I happen to have all three, and was able to get up and running in under 10 minutes.
The software side of the house was a little bit more complicated, to go find and download the right version for Mac took a couple minutes, and ultimately I just let the machine pick it's own driver, but everything works so I'm happy.
This thing is minor-industrial-grade, not ready for the factory floor, but definitely built for the purpose of a SMB. Which I happen to run out of my study. Printing is fast, easy, clear. Lots of ink for your average joe, stores plenty of paper. Yes it takes up room, but also delivers results.
The touchscreen is easy to use, fast (something that separates this from my previous Canon), and ties into dropbox etc, which is a nice touch.
Overall, I'm impressed with speed to utility, quality of construction, and print quality. 3000 pages out of the box ain't bad either.
Debra Hamel on Amazon
7 years ago
06/16/2016, 05:39 AM
An excellent multifunction, black and white printer with Ethernet connectivity
This printer does exactly what it promises to do, and it does it extremely well. On that basis alone I award it five stars. But a decision about what printer to buy does not only depend on how well the printer does what it's designed to do; it also depends on whether it includes or excludes features that are important to you. For this reason, the decision about whether or not to buy this printer is not straightforward. More on that later, after I sing the praises of this printer's features.
This printer is designed for a small business, so some of its features exceed our family's needs. (We have two small offices in our house.) But it is evident that this printer would serve small businesses well because it offers very fast print and copy speeds (42 ppm), it can be shared by multiple users on a network, and it has security features that include user IDs and passwords for individual print jobs and the ability for an administrator to restrict usage. I note, however, that the printer does not have Wi-Fi capacity, which might be a drawback for some businesses. The printer has to be connected via an Ethernet or USB cable. Once that is done, however, it can print wirelessly, for example, through AirPrint (Apple's wireless iOS printing function). That works well for my family, as wiring one desktop computer to the printer was not a big deal.
The printer's paper tray has a capacity of 250 sheets. This is fine for us, but may be too small for a small business.
I personally love that the printer/scanner beds can accommodate legal size paper, that it has a large capacity automatic document feeder, and that it offers automatic duplex printing.
I do have one minor complaint. The margins on the printed pages are noticeably larger (i.e., the block of printing is smaller) than those on pages produced by another Brother model (DCP-7065DN) and by my Samsung ML2955ND laser printer. Indeed, I noticed this right away, and as a result measured the difference. The margins are a fairly substantial 1/16 inch wider on three of the four edges. The difference arises from the different printer drivers used and cannot be changed.
And now, back to the considerations I mentioned earlier. What features should one consider when buying a printer (at this price)? First, a general rule that I have learned the hard way: do not buy inkjet printers. It is inevitable that the print head nozzles on inkjet printers will be problematic and ultimately will clog irreparably. In my mind, "inkjet printer" is now synonymous with "expensive disposable."
There are two key questions to ask before buying this particular printer. 1. How much do I care that it does not have Wi-Fi capacity? 2. Do I prefer or need a color laser printer? An alternative to this printer, for example, is theBrother Wireless All-In-One Color Printer with Scanner, Copier and Fax (MFC9330CDW), at about the same price. (This printer offers color printing and Wi-Fi capacity, but to get it you have to give up other features--an automatic document feeder and the ability to handle legal size documents.)
The bottom line: Brother's DCP-L5600DN printer is great at what it promises to do, but may not be for people who need or prefer color laser printing and Wi-Fi connectivity.
Dr. Stuart Gitlow on Amazon
7 years ago
06/08/2016, 03:55 AM
Fast printing, scanning, copying. Great build quality. Networking less than intuitive with Mac-based systems.
Once upon a time, you could easily purchase a copy machine or a computer printer, but over the years the two have become very much the same device, and while there still remain products that are only printers, all the copiers appear to also function as a computer printer as well.
Let's talk about the copy machine aspects first, since that may be your main reason for buying this unit. First off all, the 5600 has a small footprint, not much larger than the paper that it holds at its base, its copy head being larger than the base so as to permit routine scans of larger items. The speed of this unit is quite fast - faster than the equivalently priced unit from Canon, and faster than the vast majority of printers from Canon and HP. So if you want 50 copies of a poster to put up around the neighborhood, this unit is perfect. The base also holds a larger supply of paper than the equivalent unit from Canon, so again this unit is a winner. Note that there are times during operation when the 5600 will briefly pull a little more than 15 amps, so depending on what else is on your power line, you may find that this needs to be plugged in to a separate circuit. The top panel provides a color touch-screen interface that works intuitively and quickly, allowing you to wake it from sleep and begin the copying process just about immediately.
Importantly (*****), note that the 5600's ADF is not capable of duplex scanning or copying. This isn't evident in Brother's promotional materials, and it took a while to find even in the manual that the 5600 cannot handle two-sided scanning. You can make two sided copies, however, so going from one sided to two-sided IS possible. And you can manually go from two-sided to two-sided; you just can't do it with a stack of paper piled into the ADF.
Copies are predictably high quality and I had no problem with paper feed or other mechanical components. The overall build quality is excellent, so no complaints there either.
Now let's look at the printing: I hooked my unit up via the Ethernet port to my Mac Pro running 10.11.5. Although the printer connected perfectly to my Mac locally, it would not connect to the Internet. I'm sure that if I spent a few hours trying to figure out where the problem was in terms of how to make the network work perfectly, I'd have gotten this going, but this needs to be more intuitive. I even unplugged the unit and plugged it into my Airport router directly to see if that would allow it to have internet access. Nope, still didn't work as advertised. I suspect I'd need to go directly into my Verizon FIOS router, but that just wouldn't be very convenient given where that's located in my home. So I went back to having the printer near my computer, now hooking it up with the USB cable. Eventually, using Brother's software, I managed to upgrade the firmware from 1.06 (the shipping version) to 1.08. Installation of Brother's software was necessary for the unit to print from my computer and scan to my computer correctly, but that was easy and quick.
Unlike my usual printer, a Canon dedicated laser printer, the Brother wakes up from sleep as soon as a print order is sent. So if I want to print one page, I do so, walk around to the back of my desk to fetch the printed page and by the time I get there, the page has been printed - even if I haven't used the printer for many hours. It's even faster if it was recently used. I've had no problems with printing or scanning, and there are all kinds of special abilities such as scanning directly to a flash drive, using a special feed mechanism for envelopes, and so forth, all of which work well.
Ultimately, this is a very nicely designed copier/printer, the first such unit I've seen where the printer capabilities rival those of dedicated printers. Be aware that this particular unit does not have faxing ability and does not have a duplex-capable ADF. If those issues are not of concern, then you will do quite well with this printer. I do think that Brother could upgrade their Mac interface to make connection to the internet more easily established without requiring a call to your local IT guru. That said, I'm impressed that Brother has designed the unit so that even while asleep, a print command wakes it up (my Canon requires me to physically push a button to wake it so that it will then detect the print order).
Monica J. Kern on Amazon
7 years ago
06/04/2016, 14:32 PM
Excellent black and white printer, easy to set up and operate
This is a versatile black & white laser printer that also scans, photocopies, and can send/receive faxes. Although billed as business printer, I believe it would function well in the home or school context. Here's what I view as the advantages and disadvantages of this model:
Advantages
1. Impressively quick printing speed. This is where laser printers have an enormous advantage over inkjet printers. The specs for the Brother DCP-L5600DN advertise speeds of up to 42 pages per minute, and I believe it... that printer is FAST!
2. Ease of setup. Unlike other electronic products I've dealt with in the past, the "Quick Setup Guide" was concise, clear, and easy to follow. You basically have to pull off a bunch of pieces of blue tape, remove a silica pack and foam cushioning from the toner cartridge area, plug it in, run a setup program from the provided disc, and you're all set. The time from starting to open the box to printing out my first sample page was probably no more than 15-20 minutes.
3. Top document feeder. One nice feature of this printer that others lack is a document feeder on the top, so if you're trying to make a copy of a manuscript or other stack of papers, you don't have to stand there and place the sheets one at a time on the copier. A huge time saver.
4. Can print double-sided, a big plus if you're trying to conserve on paper.
5. Includes adjustable trays for inserting envelopes, non-standard paper sizes, etc.
6. Controls are straightforward and easy to operate. The printer has one button (power), and everything else is handled through a touch screen that was intuitive to use--no fumbling around trying to figure out how to navigate sub-screens or functions.
Disadvantages:
1. This printer is black and white only, and cannot print or duplicate in color.
2. The plastic tray parts for document feeding seem a bit flimsy. I haven't had the printer long enough to determine its durability, but it seemed as if some of the parts could break or snap off under heavy handling.
So, in the crowded field of printers, should you pick this one? In my opinion, it depends entirely on how badly you want or need color printing capability. If that's not important to you, then this is a fine printer, and I'm guessing it would be more economical in the long run to operate, as the black-only toner cartridges are cheaper and seem to last longer in my experience than the multi-pack cartridges you have to buy with color printers. (And here I will register dissatisfaction with the Epson Artisan printer I have used in the past; it seems like I was constantly having to buy new cartridges for that thing.)
If you want a color printer, I'd recommend checking out the Dell H825cdw series... It's the printer I have in my home office and has done a great job for me in the past six months.