DCP-L5600DN
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Bookmad on Amazon
7 years ago
06/03/2016, 14:18 PM
Brother is the best in lasers
I'm a huge fan of Brother printers. My office printer is a multi function Brother that I bought 11 years ago and is still working great. I also bought a Brother 4040 color laser that I love, almost 8 years ago.
This printer is as good as the one I keep at the office (in fact, I think I might switch it with my home printer) and it is much faster. LIke all lasers it is HEAVY, so moving it around takes some work.
I can't say that I'm blown away by any new functions, but that's a good thing, in my opinion. I think the 11 year-old one is great. Why change functions just for the sake of changing? Brother didn't and this printer is just as user friendly and unfussy as the last. If you want a workhorse that will go and go and go, this is an excellent choice.
Happy Camper on Amazon
7 years ago
06/03/2016, 01:39 AM
Brother is the best in lasers
I'm a huge fan of Brother printers. My office printer is a multi function Brother that I bought 11 years ago and is still working great. I also bought a Brother 4040 color laser that I love, almost 8 years ago.
This printer is as good as the one I keep at the office (in fact, I think I might switch it with my home printer) and it is much faster. LIke all lasers it is HEAVY, so moving it around takes some work.
I can't say that I'm blown away by any new functions, but that's a good thing, in my opinion. I think the 11 year-old one is great. Why change functions just for the sake of changing? Brother didn't and this printer is just as user friendly and unfussy as the last. If you want a workhorse that will go and go and go, this is an excellent choice.
Robert A. Grossman on Amazon
7 years ago
05/28/2016, 06:42 AM
A nice multi-function laser machine made by a company with a solid reputation for this type of machine.
I've had a Brother multi-function machine for over 15 years and it has been a repair-proof workhorse. Never had a problem with it at all and works flawlessly with 15 years of regular use. Although this machine does not have the fax component it was still nice to bring technology up to date.
Set up was really easy. It's nice that a full owner's manual is included so you're not required to download one electronically from the Web though it's available there too. Both one and two-sided printing is doable with this machine. It will print Avery labels and all standard enevelopes directly from your Windows PC or Mac. The sheet feeder for scanning and copying worked flawlessly without jamming using 20 pound paper.
It's feature rich and here are just some of them:
Copying: You can enlarge and/or reduce incrementally from 25% to 400%. It also has an "Aut" featur that adjusts the copy size to fit on the paper size you have set. - Copying ID card: you can copy both sides of an id card onto one page keeping the original card size.
Scanning: Also done directly from your computer.
Problem solving: Should the be a paper jam or some other problem, it's likely the LCD display will identify the issue and location so you should be able to easily correct the matter.
RevEx on BestBuy
7 years ago
05/22/2016, 02:03 AM
Fast scan and print but NOT WIRELESS
Check online for complete setup on all features as this is not in the book.
Fast scan and print however is deceiving on the wireless printing. This unit is NOT wireless however we actually didn't need the wireless as this unit is connected to our network.
As for the scan to email feature, you are unable to input a subject line. We consistently use this feature and have to open each email and file for the content. Be sure to setup scan settings to create smaller files if scanning a high volume of pages. These files can become quite large and may take up time to send in email or may not send at all. We scan up to 50 pages and no jams.
Quality is medium grade but love the fast scanning and is not bad for the price.
MrE on Amazon
7 years ago
05/17/2016, 15:57 PM
It only holds 250 sheets of paper (this is pretty normal, although smaller for work standards where generally ...
This is a large printer, at least by home use standards. For work standards it's probably on the small side. It only holds 250 sheets of paper (this is pretty normal, although smaller for work standards where generally the larger printers hold an entire ream -- You can buy additional paper trays as well if needed -- although it will make it taller).
It includes a scanner, and also an ADF (Automatic Document Feeder -- which lets you easily copy/scan multiple things). The output (where the printed paper comes out) can store lots of sheets of paper, and is nicely inset so you don't have to have a large tray pulled out. It can also do duplex printing.
One small downside is that you either need to plug it into USB or you need to hard wire it via ethernet, this does not include WiFi built in. The good news is once it is hooked up to the network it can do AirPrint, Google Cloud Print among others.
This also supposedly has Amazon Dash replacement service built in, which will automatically order new toner for you, which for a small business would be amazing, although for a home user it might be a bit scary getting hit with a $100 plus charge. (It comes with a 3000 page toner cartridge, the full version will do 8000 pages, so by volume it's still incredibly cheap).
For home use the downside is it doesn't print color, but it prints great black and white, and it does it so fast, love this for general printing.
Eric Byers on Amazon
7 years ago
05/17/2016, 11:43 AM
It only holds 250 sheets of paper (this is pretty normal, although smaller for work standards where generally ...
This is a large printer, at least by home use standards. For work standards it's probably on the small side. It only holds 250 sheets of paper (this is pretty normal, although smaller for work standards where generally the larger printers hold an entire ream -- You can buy additional paper trays as well if needed -- although it will make it taller).
It includes a scanner, and also an ADF (Automatic Document Feeder -- which lets you easily copy/scan multiple things). The output (where the printed paper comes out) can store lots of sheets of paper, and is nicely inset so you don't have to have a large tray pulled out. It can also do duplex printing.
One small downside is that you either need to plug it into USB or you need to hard wire it via ethernet, this does not include WiFi built in. The good news is once it is hooked up to the network it can do AirPrint, Google Cloud Print among others.
This also supposedly has Amazon Dash replacement service built in, which will automatically order new toner for you, which for a small business would be amazing, although for a home user it might be a bit scary getting hit with a $100 plus charge. (It comes with a 3000 page toner cartridge, the full version will do 8000 pages, so by volume it's still incredibly cheap).
For home use the downside is it doesn't print color, but it prints great black and white, and it does it so fast, love this for general printing.
Hrafnkell Haraldsson on Amazon
7 years ago
05/17/2016, 01:12 AM
Best Black & White Printer I have used!
First I just have to say that Laser printers are so much nicer than ink jet printers in quality and speed.
This Brother DCP-L5600DN laser printer is no exception. It is a BEAST: It stands 18" tell, and it is 14" wide and 15" deep at the base. It is quick, efficient and, moreover (with one proviso noted below) easy to setup.
It comes with a CD Rom with Utilities and Drivers or you can download them if your computer doesn't have a disk drive. There is a fairly useful User's Guide that also comes, printed out, with the printer, which I highly recommend users read before trying to figure out how to do any of the more complicated functions of the printer like faxing or scanning.
One proviso: Just installing the software isn't as intuitive as I thought. I had to hunt around for the right piece of software to do the scanning, but the User's Guide actually explains that it is the ControlCenter4 software that runs all those features. Once that was figured out, everything else was very intuitive and straight forward.
I love the fact that the document feeder holds such a large capacity and that the glass is legal size and not just letter size, so you can scan and print larger documents if you need to (just use the extended paper tray to feed in the legal size paper instead of the drawer.)
I do wish it had wifi capability - it has to be hooked up to an Ethernet cable - but that literally is the only thing that is keeping me from giving it 5 stars. Otherwise it works really great. It's even sleek and lovely to look at. It isn't as large as the box it comes in makes it seem, which is good because it fits on our existing printer stand without any trouble. It's not overly heavy either, even though once again the box it comes in is mighty hefty.
I would completely recommend this black and white laser printer to friends who have in-home offices, small offices or workgroups that need printers that are fast and low maintenance. The toner cartridges aren't even that more expensive than buying a full set of black and color cartridges for an ink jet and the laser toner cartridges last longer (around 3,000 pages).
Update: After moving and having the printer in storage for 7 weeks, the re-setup was quick, simple and easy. It requires a network cable but I plugged it into a WiFi Range Extender so it hooked up to my wireless network. It took only moments for the computers to recognize the printer and the printer to recognize the network. Everything prints as expected even from stand-by mode. This printer is fast and efficient. Just keep in mind it is only Black & White.