HL 5280DW Wireless Laser Printer Network Duplex 30 Ppm

Average customer rating: 4.0

An excellent value, and solid performer!
HL 5280DW Wireless Laser Printer with Duplexer
Great value for the price
Not Too Bad with This Price
Electrically unsound printer

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HL 5280DW Wireless Laser Printer Network Duplex 30 Ppm

Manufacturer: Brother Printer
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000E5CYSC

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Product Description

Desktop users and small connected workgroups will find the HL-5280DW the ideal solution for their wireless or small network laser printing needs. This powerful laser printer features a built-in 802.11b/g wireless network interface, as well as a built-in Ethernet network interface. The printer also offers excellent paper handling with its built-in duplex capability for two-sided printing and very expandable paper input capacity. Small connected workgroups and performance desktop users will be impressed with the flexible connectivity and affordability of the HL-5280DW. Duplex Printing capable 250-Sheet Input Capacity (Optional Paper Capacity LT-5300 (250 sheets) x 2 slots) 50-Sheet Multi-purpose paper Tray Connecors - Wireless 802.11b/g, 10/100 BaseT Ethernet, Parallel, High Speed USB 2.0 Printer Driver Compatibility Windows, Mac OS & Linux Emulation(s) PCL6, BR-Script3, IBM Proprinter, Epson FX Standard Memory - 32MB Memory (Optional Memory expansion capability 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB (144-pin DIMM) - 1 slot available) Unit Dimensions (WxDxH) 15.5 x 15.1 x 10.2 / Unit Weight (lbs) 22.4 lbs Brother USA 1 Year Limited Express Exchange

Customer Reviews:

An excellent value, and solid performer!.......2007-01-22

So far (after a month), we have been overwhelmingly satisfied with this printer. Setup was plug-and play easy, even considering our password-encrypted wireless network. It is a luxury to have a printer whos only cord is a power cord. We are using a second paper tray, which is also working great.

Print performance is fast and sharp - the duplexing feature works well, and the printer is relatively quiet (except when duplexing, then there is considerable clacking).

I cannot comment on durability - at this point we have only run about 1500 pages.

Bottom line - a good unit for a small to moderate networked environment!

HL 5280DW Wireless Laser Printer with Duplexer.......2007-01-16

Printer has proven over the short haul to be reasonably quiet and reliable. I spent quite a bit of time getting it to talk to the wireless network, which was made even more difficult by the WEP encryption on my network. You have to initially direct-connect the printer to the wireless router in order to set it up. Other than that, anyone should be able to set it up provided they have some basic understanding of networks, IP addressing, and the like. I'm not sure I'd advise a non-network savvy person to attempt it without a computer geek to help.

Great value for the price.......2006-12-04

I have owned the printer for about two months now and I am satisfied with the purchase. It is hard to find another printer in this price range (I paid $315 at Amazon) with similar feature set. I use it on my wireless LAN at home with both PCs and my MacBook Pro, and have not had any major trouble so far. I did not dare to setup the security features, so I can't relate to the other reviewer who had problems with enabling them on the printer. I rely on MAC address filtering on my access point for the time being.

Now, there are 3 aspects of the printer I did not like a whole lot :

1. Fan noise.
2. Clicking sound during warm-up.
3. Surge of current generated by the printer upon startup.

I emailed the tech support, and received an answer promptly, to my satisfaction, so I decided to keep it.
Overall I rate it with 5 stars based on the price/performance.

The answers from tech support are below for your reading pleasure.

The fan will run until the fuser is below 100 degrees Celsius. Make sure that the printer has adequate space on each side for proper ventilation,at least 3 to 4 inches around all sides. The HL-5200 Series machines may make a clicking, ticking or popping noise when the machine is warming up, in standby mode or cooling down after making copies. This noise occurs when parts within the fuser
Unit (part of the machine that adheres the toner to the page) expand and contract as part of the normal heating up and colling down process.
PLEASE NOTE: This noise ONLY occurs when the machine is warming up, is in standby mode or when cooling down AFTER printing a document. This is normal operation and not an indication of a malfunction of the machine. If the noise is accompanied by a machine malfunction (for example: a paper jam, machine error, loud grinding when making prints etc), please contact the Brother Customer Service department at 1-800-276-7746.

Lights flickering or dimming when using the printer can be explained by the following information. The average operating current for the printer, as determined by Underwriters Laboratory (UL) testing is 5. amps. However, when the fuser is cold or when the printer is warming up,it will jump to 7.5 amps. This is a design element to enable the printer to get ready for a quick time to first print. The power spikes up to ready the printer quickly. Sometimes the spikes will cause lights to flicker as the power is drawn.

The printer has been tested and approved by UL. The printer will not damage home wiring. UL has confirmed that the home circuit breaker would trip before any damage would occur. This design element ensures the printer performs 30 pages per minute printing and fast wake up time. This design cannot be altered and is not an indication of a manufacturing defect. We do recommend not to share the same power circuit with other high-power appliances, particularly an air conditioner, copier, shredder and so on.

Not Too Bad with This Price.......2006-08-14

I purchased one recently, after comparing with HP's same level printer. This HL 5280DW has almost all the features of the HP's, yet has better memory and chip speed and lower price (only to have paid more before the new sale price). I followed the instructions on the CD and had no problem at all to have two of my laptops to communicate with the printer via my wireless network. It's been working pretty good so far. HP's is a name brand, but this Brother's product works fine, only with less cost to me.

Electrically unsound printer.......2006-05-18

We bought & returned this printer 3 times, just to make sure that the problem was really with the printer (and not with us). Turns out it's the printer. There is a SERIOUS ELECTRICAL DEFECT with this printer that we have never encountered with any other laser printer that we have ever owned. (We are in the computer business, and we deal with dozens of laser printers on a regular basis.) Whenever attempting to print from this printer, it creates such a surge of electricity that it causes a brief power outage in our entire office. We've plugged it into uninterruptible power supplies, we've plugged it into regular surge protectors, we've plugged it directly into the wall, we've plugged it into every electrical outlet that we could find. But no matter what we plug it into, we always get the same results. We also have 2 other laser printers in the office (both HP, FWIW) -- those laser printers work perfectly no matter where they are plugged in. Beware of this printer!

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