Brother Monochrome Laser Printer, HL-L5200DW, Wireless Networking, Mobile Printing, Duplex Printing, Amazon Dash Replenishment Ready

Very pleased with the printer!

Its amazing, in 2016, there arent too many wireless LASER printers. Of the models available, the number one complaint is wireless connection issues. Great, the one thing you want it to do, it doesnt do well. Brother wireless laser printers are no different. This is one of their newer models, and it seems to be OK after 2 weeks of heavy use. Brother laser printers are generally rock-solid workhorses. This one seems no different. You can connect it via USB 2 (not 3 in 2016?) if you have wireless issues. The set-up is kinda straight forward, but I recommend ignoring the CD, and go to the Brother website and get the latest S/W, and Firmware Upgrade tool. Its all pretty easy, except the wireless set-up is a bit clunky. When it asks you for your wireless routers Network Key , and shows you where to find it on your router, its all nonsense. Just use your password and all is well. Yo Brother, maybe consider changing the set-up language so I could be finished in 3 min, rather that 15, because I had to Google what the heck my my Apple AirPort Extreme network key means with regard to Brother wireless printer set-up! One bloke said just use your password... BINGO!

Never again, do I have to go fumbling with attachment cords. Thank you, gods of the ethernet! Also loving the fact that I am not a slave to the ink farms. No, it doesnt print in color, but get out your adult coloring pencils if you need color that bad. Sometimes, you just need to print stuff fast. This Brother really does it. Blam. Printed. Done.

Other than the rather dull appearance, this successor to our prior Brother duplex laser, which lasted us some 10 years, is fantastic! It is fast, even when printing duplex, has yet to jam, goes into a deep sleep when idle (but exits it immediately upon receiving a print job), and was easy to setup on our (secure) wifi network. We use the roughly 50-page flip-down paper input tray a lot for special forms or different stock; the bottom supply drawer holds a plentiful supply of our regular stock. It has the same drum/toner cartridge mechanism as our older device, so we know from experience that changing either or both, including with compatible brand (non-OEM) replacements is fast and easy. After a couple of months of everyday use, were totally pleased!

Wonderful, easy to set up, great copies.

Good: It is little noisy, but it is fast and the print quality is good. So far, I like it. Super easy WiFi setup Bad: I bought this 13 months, and it is already starting to crease the paper when it prints (duplex). That was the problem with previous brother printer this one replaced. Not buying Brother any more.

My cannon copier broke after 20 years. Please do not buy this if your looking for a copier. I misread that and now Im out of the $320 I spent for Brother HL-L5200DW with the toner and warranty (which never came).

This is far faster and much better than Expensive HP that died after 2 years. Love this printer - so far very impressed

Great printer with lots of additional options.

July 2017 UPDATE- The printer has operated flawlessly! I love using AIRPRINT meaning I can printer from my IPAD which is connected to the internet. PROBLEM ISSUE discovered 3/21/17: I use the following with my IMAC running 10.10. MS office for MAC 2011. Adobe Reader DC 2015. Brother has a driver bug that will not allow you to print in duplex (2-sided pages) if you select the printer Icon in the bar. You must choose FILE then PRINT or you can use COMMAND + P. Duplex does work OK when printing something in OUTLOOK. In Adobe Reader, you cant use their PRINT icon either and get duplex. You can work around that by selecting the PRINT icon then PRINTER to open the dialogue then YES then PRINT. Brother is aware of the bug but claims it in immaterail and wont likely fix it. This is a review on the set up process and other printer qualities as I just activated it today. I was impressed by the clarity of the instructions to set up and use this printer. Brother even set up additional manuals available on-line for things like using AirPrint with OS X and using Google Cloud. The one issue I has was that I was unable to install the January 2017 firmware update. TIP: READ the instructions....now READ again....did I mention R E A D? This will save you work!!!! I set this up in an IMAC (about 6 years old) and I choose to set the printer up wirelessly. Ditch the CD that comes with the unit. You dont need it. Just follow the instructions in the Quick Set up guide titled Macintosh/Windows computer without a CD-ROM drive. As others have pointed out when asked for you NETWORK KEY just type in your password for your router. Your SSID is the name that you already gave your network. It could be a name like Tims net connection or whatever you named it. If you have an iPhone or IPad and go to your wi-fi settings. The SSID will be the name of whatever you connect to to get internet access. I also use Parallels on my IMAC and was happy to see that the wireless printer also showed up as an option too. BTW, I have a Securifi Almond wireless router range extender to provide stronger internet signals in my home. The wireless wizard Brother provided wanted to set me up on a less than optimal SSID so I just set the wireless up manually from there using the LCD screen on the printer to select my Securifi Almonds SSID which gave me the strongest signal . It was totally easy. I also read the AIRPRINT guide so I could print wirelessly from my other Apple mobile devices. It worked like a charm. I try to update this post as I work more with the printer and also get the new firmware installed. TIP: My printer is a duplex model (prints 2 sides) but I was having trouble setting that up via the PAPER TRAY setting.. There are several ways to access the settings. You can do it from the printer LCD or you can TCP/IP in using the printers address and set everything up from your desktop. To set the default to 2 sided you have to first select long edge which has to do with the way the pages are set for possible binding. TIP: After setting up the printer, go to the LCD on the printer and press MACHINE INFO then PRINT SETTINGS then OK to print all the settings. Note on page 4 youll see IP ADDRESS with a 6 digit number like 10.0.5.20 with via DHCP after it. This your printers IP Address and just like a home address, tells the internet how to access it. Now open your browser and type HTTP:// and the 6 digit IP address and you will be able to make setting changes right from your desktop.