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Brother HL-5040

Brother HL-5040
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alaScore 79

38 reviews

May, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 38 reviews of Brother HL-5040. The average rating for this product is 3.8/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers really like the durability and reliability. The usability and price also get good feedback. Some have doubts about the paper handling.

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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-5040 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 79/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Brother HL-5040

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 4 user reviews of Brother HL-5040 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 2.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Some have doubts about the usability.

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0% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

May, 2024

Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Brother HL-5040

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 4 user reviews of Brother HL-5040 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Reviewers are impressed by the performance. The usability is also mentioned favorably. There are some critical views about the reliability.

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100% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

May, 2024

Expert review by : Dan Littman (pcworld.com)

Brother HL-5040 Laser Printer

 

WHAT'S HOT: The HL-5040's strongest point is its 13.1-ppm text-printing speed--1.7-ppm faster than the average of the small-office units we've seen. In addition, this model generated very clean, even text and gray-scale graphics with reasonable detail...

Apr, 2003
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Expert review by : Dan Littman (pcworld.com)

Brother HL-5040

 

Brother's HL-5040 is endowed with good speed and produces very attractive print output, but it skimps on memory.

Apr, 2003
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Expert review by : Dan Littman (pcworld.com)

Brother HL-5040 Laser Printer (Brother-HL5040)

 

The HL-5040's low price and fast performance make it a good match for a busy home office.

Apr, 2003
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Expert review by : Kristina Blachere (cnet.com)

Brother HL-5040 review: Brother HL-5040

 

Brother HL-5040

Fast print speeds; easy install; decent text-printing quality; extensive maintenance and troubleshooting help via included CD.

Merely fair graphics-printing quality; expandability options, while good, are eclipsed by the competition's; unreachable tech support.

Solid and reasonably priced, the Brother HL-5040 would be at home on any SOHO desk. However, competing lasers offer better add-ons for less money.

Feb, 2003
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Expert review by (pcmag.com)

Brother HL-5040

 

There's a lot to like about the sturdy Brother HL-5040, but its performance tops the list. The HL-5040 was the fastest on our performance tests using general-purpose settings when printing text documents—where most laser printers earn their keep....

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Expert review by : Kristina Blachere (cnet.com.au)

Brother HL-5040 review: Brother HL-5040

 

Brother HL-5040

Fast print speeds; easy install; decent text-printing quality; extensive maintenance and troubleshooting help via included CD.

Merely fair graphics-printing quality; expandability options, while good, are eclipsed by the competition's; unreachable tech support.

Solid and reasonably priced, the Brother HL-5040 would be at home on any SOHO desk. However, competing lasers offer better add-ons for less money.

Feb, 2003
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great printer, great price

 

I got this in lieu of my usual HP LaserJet route, and I'm not disappointed. It was very easy to setup and works like a champ. The build quality seemed very good for a printer of this price. The biggest points to me were: Smaller size, USB 2.0, about...

Apr, 2004
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Consumer review (epinions.com)

HL-5040 driver issues

 

I've had a HL-5040 for over a year now and it's been nothing but a constant headache. I don't care what anyone says. This printer is NOT capable of meeting the demands of a small business, even a tiny business like mine. It is very unreliable....

Dirt cheap

Real bonafide crap - see above

Jan, 2004
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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Love it! Comparison of HP v. HL-5040 v. HL-1440.

 

I read some of the reviews on here and it's the reason why I chose to purchase this printer over the HP Laserjet 1000. I'll try to address the real-world use experience here and some of the juicy details about owning this printer in the long-run. - ...

Fast printing speed, easy cheap memory upgrade, USB2 support

Expensive drum, somewhat bulky

Jul, 2003
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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Brother HL-5040 gets D- on Macintosh

 

I was very excited about my Brother HL-5040, great price, 19PPM, Mac compatible. Wow! What a deal ...

Cheap.Easy to use.

Poor driverPoor resolutionsevere banding1200dpi prints DARKpoor paper pickup

Jul, 2003
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