Brother HL-5240 High-Speed Desktop Office Laser Printer

Brother HL-5240 High-Speed Desktop Office Laser Printer
by BROTHER

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Manufacturer: BROTHER
Format: CD
Platform: Windows
Model: HL-5240
Color: GRAY
Product features:

Fast print speeds up to 30 ppm
High-capacity paper tray holds up to 250-sheets
1200 x 1200 dpi maximum resolution
One-touch print cancel button
Supports virtually any office or graphics application

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Customer Review: First Impressio: easy to use and very fast.
Summary: 5 Stars

I bought the Brother HL-5240 Laser Printer the last week of December,
2005. This is my first laser printer, and I wanted something to replace an
inkjet printer which became erratic after 25,000 cyles. I'm what I call serious
retired, I'm not going to use the printer in business but I do a lot of printing
pursuing my hobbies of genealogy, bridge, and photography. I wanted a
productive black and white printer mostly for text or line type art work, I do
my photo printing on an Epson R1800.
My first impression was that setup was a breeze. I am running Windows
XP Professional in a Hewlett Packard Workstation xw4100 computer. The
quick setup sheet led me through what to do, and everything loaded off the single
CD furnished with the unit. I understand that if I had Windows XP 64x version,
it would have been necessary to go to Brother's website for the printer driver.
I loaded up some paper, and ran a few prints of things I had in my hard
drive. Yes, it really DOES print 30 pages a minute, of printed text, by the stopwatch!
However, there is a ten second delay after sending a print command before the
first copy begins.
With regard to paper. I had LOTS of inkjet paper on hand, and I ran a
couple hundred sheets of Hammermill 24 lb inkjet through the Brother before
I discovered, buried in the Manual, a caution NOT to use inkjet paper! So I got
some house brand 24 lb printing paper from the local office supply.
I thought a good test would be to print out the manual for the unit, since it's
on the CD but there's no paper copy included in the box. Besides, I needed a
copy of the manual, and having it on the computer was inconvenient. So I
offer here a set of instructions for BROTHER HL-5240 owners who would
like to give their new unit a bit of a test, and get a manual besides: The Manual
for the unit runs 137 pages. My instructions will print it out in booklet mode on
35 sheets of paper, using both sides. It will take approximately six minutes.
I assume that you have the printer up and running, that you have loaded
the bottom tray with paper, and that you have located the Manual Print (upper)
tray, it folds down from the front and some flaps extend; it is light gray plastic.
Click on the HL-5240 Program from the program list on your desktop.
Click on USERS GUIDE IN PDF FORMAT. I assume you have Adobe Acrobat
and can read the user's guide. Click on your part of the World Map (USA Canada
for me). This will bring up the Manual for the HL-5240. Click on FILE. On FILE,
Click on PRINT; click on PROPERTIES. At Duplex/Booklet, select BOOKLET.
Click on ADVANCED; click on the A/B panel. Next click on BINDING OFFSET
and enter the figures 0.4 inches for the binding offset. Next, OKAY each window
in turn.
Now, I have just given you the instructions to the printer to print a booklet
with the left edge left unprinted for margin so you can punch and bind the result.
Give the print command for using lower tray paper.
The printer will begin printing after a minute or so, and should complete
printing one side. This will require about 90 seconds. Draw a light pencil arrow
on a corner of the pile of printout before removing it, pointing toward the printer.
Take the pile of printout, jog it so it is nice and even, and put it blank side
up in the upper tray with the pencil arrow pointing toward the printer. Click on MP
tray on the computer and the printer should complete its run in another 90 seconds.

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