Features:

  • FAST, HIGH-QUALITY PRINTING: The HLL5100DN delivers high-speed printing up to 42ppm with sharp resolution.
  • FLEXIBLE CONNECTIVITY: Share this office printer with multiple users via a built-in Ethernet network interface or easily print from your mobile device(1).
  • AUTOMATIC DUPLEX PRINTING: The Brother Monochrome Laser Printer has an automatic two-sided printing feature that can save paper and time.
  • AMAZON DASH REPLENISHMENT ENABLED: Upon activation, Amazon Dash Replenishment measures the toner level and orders more from Amazon when it’s low.
  • FOR USE WITH BROTHER GENUINE TONERS: TN820 Standard Yield Toner, TN850 High Yield Toner for cost efficient output
Fast, very crisp & sharp text, great graphics, easy to set up.

Excellent output, very crisp, sharp text and good graphics. Takes a big electrical load when heating up and is a bit noisy, but quieter than the older HL-5470DW. There is a setting that makes it even quieter but slows it down a bit. The fuser started to go after almost 4 years on that similar older HL-5470DW and it cost more to replace the fuser and drum than a new printer, sure hope this one is longer lasting. Even set to automatic duplex (called 2-sided now) it doesn't pull the paper back through when printing a single one-sided page thus speeding the output, unlike the older model. Have had no problems with it quickly waking up from sleep mode.

Great printer . . . with nice features.

I replaced my older Brother HL5250DN with this newer model. The printing speed has increased (42ppm) and overall printer operation is vastly improved. The software (FW) control has been expanded and such operational features as "duplex" is now called "2 sided" with sheet control. Nice feature to have. It's a little LARGER than the older printer (not by much) but does take more room on the table top. However, that's not a problem. The "deep sleep" mode is great since you really need not turn the printer off. Just leave it on and it's always ready to print when commanded. Overall, it's a great printer. And the price is LESS than HALF that of the older model.

Extremely fast printer with good manual feed tray.

I ordered this printer for the 50 sheet manual feed tray, spending $40-50 more than the cheaper, smaller ones for printing shipping labels. Not disappointed! The manual tray works great and it's a lot handier to feed a stack of label sheets than one at a time like some previous Brother printers I have owned. This is my 4th or 5th Brother laser between the USA and Asia and they have all been great laser printers, but my need to print lots of labels drove me to a bigger, slightly more expensive model and I'm glad I spent the $$$. Still haven't even tried to figure out the wireless (Android) feature, nor have I connected to my home network to take advantage of the ethernet (not WiFi) network printing feature. I'll save that for the weekend when I have some time to burn. Sadly, I always have problems with Windows networking every time MS sends out a Win10 update, so I'm not looking forward to dealing with it...

Perfect Printer for Small Office

This has been our "go to" printer for the office. It prints on both sides, is fast, connects to the network, and generally runs without any problems. Best of all, there are many options online for replacing the toner cartridge. I would highly recommend for any small office environment.

Easy network setup, love the multiple add-on trays.

easily connected to our wired network. I have problems with wireless brother printers in the past so I didn't get that. Found immediately by windows for simple printing. Had to install the brother printer driver from the disc to get the full function of the multiple tray printing (I bought two LT5500 trays). Working great so far and it is pretty fast with 18 seconds to first page out from full sleep mode. next print job had the first page out in about 7 or 8 seconds. Its a keeper, so I better go buy some more toner. Haven't set up the amazon dash yet, but may not use it.

So far, so good as a replacement printer

After twelve years my old Brother laser printer died. I wanted the same but they are no longer made. Yet for half the price, I got the latest, though larger, printer from Brother to replace my most reliable printer in my office. Hard to believe that my first laser printer 30 years ago cost a couple of thousand and put out 4 ppm after it took several minutes to compile a page. This one was less than a couple of hundred and spits out pages by the ream!

Best Printer of Its Kind

I looked at probably a hundred printers before landing on the Brother HLL5100DN. I needed something that could handle a high-volume output without burning a hole in my wallet. Most laser printers seem like a great value...and then you look at the cost of toner. With most printers I researched, I also looked up the cost of toner. Only a few printers stand out from the pack with toner yield and cost– the Brother HLL5100DN is one of them. There is an off-brand toner available for this printer that yields 8,000 pages that costs only $20. I could not find a better cost-to-yield ratio on any printer in this price range, so I purchased this one. A few notes about this printer are in order: 1. It is not a WiFi printer. You must hook this up via a printer cord (to USB) or an ethernet cable. You MUST have one of these hooked up for the printer to work. 2. It is monochrome (it prints black ink only). If you need color printing, it's not for you. 3. It is not a scanner. It's only a printer. 4. It works with Google CloudPrint if it is hooked up to a computer in the aforementioned way. 5. It takes about 15 minutes to set up (including unboxing and driver download). 6. Works on PC and Mac. I set it up on both. Overall, this product is the best monochrome printer for the price. It will give you a ton of prints for a low cost. It's pretty basic, but is awesome in certain contexts. I highly recommend this to anyone in the market for this type of printer!

Excellent printer.

The HLL5100DN is a nice printer at a very good price point. It has an LCD display and small control panel that makes it easier to configure and do certain things compared to cheaper ones that don't have that feature. The print quality is quite good very sharp and crisp and it prints pretty fast. This is a small office class printer even though for me it is mainly home and some business use. It has usb and Ethernet connectivity but not built in wireless. That's fine for my purposes because I prefer to connect it directly to my wireless router. If you need the built in wireless capability then get the 5200, 6180 or the 6200 which will cost you about $100 - $200 dollars more.

Brother Improves a Bit

Like their other printers (and all-in-ones), Brother has been relatively Linux friendly for some time. Brother provides driver support for rpm and deb based distributions. They even provide a script to help you install things. Naturally, the script failed in my case. I went ahead and installed the deb files, anyway, and my printer was installed. I used the ubiquitous system-config-printer program to set up the printer. It located the printer and offered various options for connecting. I purchased this printer to replace another failed Brother printer I had purchased a couple of years ago (a 5450DN). This one, the 5100DN, let me set the IP address to a fixed address from the printer console itself. I did not have to find the printer, and then log in via the printer's Web server to set the IP address. Further, when downloading the driver, I received a pop-up telling me that there was an important firmware update for the printer. Once the printer was set up, I logged into the new printer's Web server and found another new feature, the firmware update button. I clicked it. A couple of minutes later I could log in again and I had the updated firmware. So, this printer is user friendlier than the last one. The old printer didn't have the best paper handling. To be blunt, it would jam more often than I would like. This one hasn't jammed, yet. Another aspect I like: The 5100 prints better. The 5450 printed too dark at 600 and 1200 dpi. This one is somewhat dark at 1200, but 600 is fine. No insane amounts of Gamma correction applied to each image if you want to print. If you run Linux, and live within easy wire distance to your router, this is a very good printer. 12 December 2016 update: The thing still hasn't jammed. I'm raising this to five stars.

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