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Brother HL-5140

Brother HL-5140
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alaScore 79

61 reviews

Apr, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 61 reviews of Brother HL-5140. The average rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers really like the print quality and reliability. The design and price also get good feedback, whereas the control panel and paper handling get critical reviews. Views are divided on the usability.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Brother HL-5140 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 79/100 = Good quality.

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Expert review by : Paul Jasper (pcworld.com)

Brother HL-5140 Laser Printer

 

The Brother HL-5140's compact footprint and low price ($200) make this model a good fit for the crowded workspaces and tight budgets of many small offices. If you need high-quality output produced at reasonable speeds, this Brother may be a perfect match.

A chart on the front page of the printed Quick Setup Guide serves as a table of contents, leading you through the different installation and usage options. The full User's Guide, included on the software CD-ROM in PDF format, is more detailed. This...

Oct, 2004
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Expert review by : Paul Jasper (pcworld.com)

Brother HL-5140

 

This well-designed personal printer produces high-quality images.

The Brother HL-5140 distinguishes itself with crisp text and respectable graphics. For the price, it can't be beaten.

Oct, 2004
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Expert review by : Jeffrey Fuchs (cnet.com)

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Brother HL-5140

Fast; compact design; expandable memory and network options; good text quality.

Mediocre graphics quality.

The Brother HL-5140 is an affordable laser printer that will grow with your small business or home office.

Mar, 2004
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Expert review by (pcmag.com)

Brother HL-5140

 

By the usual criteria of size, weight, and price, the Brother HL-5140 ($230 street) is clearly a personal printer. At 9.9 by 15.0 by 15.1 inches (HWD) and 23.1 pounds, it's small enough to be a comfortable desktop companion and inexpensive enough to be...

Fast performance. Text quality just short of excellent. Easy setup. Unusually high-quality photos for a monochrome laser printer

Lower than usual graphics quality for a monochrome laser

Brother HL-5140 offers fast performance, near-excellent text quality, and better photo output than most monochrome laser printers. Graphics output is only fair, but good enough for most purposes.

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Expert review by : Jeffrey Fuchs (zdnet.com.au)

Brother HL-5140

 

The Brother HL-5140 is an affordable laser printer that will grow with your small business or home office.

Mar, 2004
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

HL-5140

 

I have two other Brother Laser printers and have had no trouble with them or this new HL-5140. It took about 2 hours to uninstall all of the HP processor laboring software and the PC went from an 8 minute boot to 4 minutes. This Brother product took...

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Dec, 2006
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Fast on Graphics

 

Very fast on printing graphics such as Streets and Trips maps ; I have a HP laser that cost 3 times the money and is much slower. I've printed at least 4 reams of paper on the factory installed toner cartridge

I wish it didn't take 8 seconds or so for the first sheet of paper to come out but I think that is still faster than most lasers

Apr, 2006
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Excellent

 

I have standardized on the the Brother 5140 for my departments and it has been a very reliable printer. Brother has been a great company and I have had a couple of printers that user's broke that Brother took back under their warranty. Big thumbs up on...

The only con is a wish it used the same toner and drum that the 5040 does. I have over 20 of them and it would have been nice to only carry one set of toners. This is not a very big con

Mar, 2006
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Gotta love lasers

 

If you need a good reliabe laserjet printer this is it. Works great on my home network thru a linksys print server.

Lets see what more can you ask for in a sub two hundred dollar laserjet printer. I have had mine for a few months now and absolutely love it. I upgraded the memory to the full one hundred forty-four mb, and have had zero problems with it

Its hard to find accessories for it unless you goto brother for them and then they aren't cheap, I had hoped to get the extra paper tray for mine

Dec, 2005
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Nice Printer

 

Overall A great printer. Its cons are minor and the price is right for the level of quality printing.

Excellent print quality. Super easy setup. No problems with curling paper ; I got this to print to toner transfer paper for making printed circuit boards. It prints great to the toner transfer paper (PnP Blue) ; Has a nice toner save mode which prints...

Memory Expansion panel pops off really easy but its not realy a problem unless your moving it around all the time which I dont see why you would ; The tray extension tab in the output tray is really flimsy but that seems to be common among all...

Dec, 2005
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