LOVE, LOVE, LOVE My Printer
Model name: MFCL5800DW Printer
I SO LOVE THIS PRINTER -- I wanted to write another review. I have had this printer for 14 months but have only been using it for my business for eight months. I just printed out a ream of paper for a single closing and it prints like a champion!! It never overheated (which I expected) and never stal
led/halted. It has a 70-page ADF but it really does handle substantially more, and when the tray gets low I can add more pages to scan for the same file and it never misses a beat! I print a lot for a small business and it just doesn't fail me. KUDOS, BROTHER!!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE My Printer!!! I am a Certified Loan Signing Agent and require a durable, reliable, high-yield/capacity printer and scanner. This Brother printer fits that bill! The reasons I purchased this particular printer are: 1) Extra paper trays are available for purchase and at a reasonable price (and I needed it and want to get one more down the road). 2) The paper trays accommodate both letter- and legal-size paper. 3) I can use (per Adobe settings) letter and legal size interchangeably without having to stop and reload manually. 4) The ADF capacity is 70 pgs which is the largest capacity ADF I could find. (You can squeeze a few more pages in and it still works fine.) 5) High-yield toner cartridges are available which print up to 8,000 sheets per cartridge. 6) The printer can be used wirelessly or hard-wired AND I can print from my phone if desired. 7) It is Multi-function, so If I need a fax, it's available. 8) It tells you when you need to replace the toner, so you can hit the DASH button on your Amazon account and a new one will be shipped to you posthaste. 9) Another thing I like is that there's a wire (on, I think it's the drum) that when you replace the toner, you slide a little 'thing-a-ma-jig' along the wire and it cleans any excess toner off the wire so that you always have clean looking copies. 10) You can call Brother and they will send you a label to return empty cartridges. (Now I just save a copy of the label and print it out as needed.) While I have experienced some issues, I LOVE that the friendly folks at Brother are there to help me solve them. In summary, I LOVE this printer and recommend it to anyone who has the same needs I do. I hope this review has been helpful to you.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2019 by Eve in Hawaii
Great service and great product!
Model name: MFCL5800DW Printer
Great service, was delivered on time without issue. We only use these Brother printers in our office because they are reliable and function well.
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2023 by Laura Jean Friedman
Excellent Printer & Fast!
Model name: MFCL5800DW Printer
Printer set up is a breeze. You can open the box and have this printer set up within 20 minutes. Just remember to delete your old printer from your devices and add this new printer. You will be impressed with the printing of documents and the speed at which it can print not just a single page, but mu
ltiple pages. My wife is an accountant and she was very impressed with the speed of the printing. During tax time she is preparing multiple tax returns and speed of printing is very important to her. Basically if my wife is impressed with the printer, then it must be a darn good printer. We highly recommend the purchase of this printer.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2023 by Daniel Smith
Great laser printer by Brother!
Model name: MFCL5800DW Printer
I had a monochrome laser printer by Brother before. Was rock solid for a decade. I decided to keep with the Brother's laser printer product line and am glad I did. I've had this for almost 2 months and it's still working well.
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2023 by Stephen S.
Good workhorse for the money
Model name: MFCL5800DW Printer
I am the IT manager for a warehouse. We have five MFC-L5800DWs and a sixth MFC-L6800DW (which is basically a stepped up version of the 5800). They have been getting used daily with tens of thousands of images each over the last few years. I wouldn't worry about the negative reviews. For this price po
int, you can't do much better than these. Aside from the occasional glitch that you will see on any machine, these reliably work well as networked printers. If people have poor quality with these machines, they probably aren't using OEM toner and drums. Yes, the OEM toner and drums are expensive - but they are for all printers. Get used to it. My only real complaint is that the document feeder / ADF thing pulls from the center, so if the user inputs the documents slightly offset, it will scan it skewed or jam the feeder. Which seems like a poor design. They could have spent an extra 27 cents to have some kind of side by side pull instead of the one center pull. Still, it is an easy work around to make sure users know to well seat the documents prior to scanning.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2019 by David Turner
Switched to Brother MFC products since 2007
Model name: MFCL5800DW Printer
This 5800DW is my fifth Brother MFC units over the past 10 years (we print, copy and scan documents very heavily). So far it is the easiest to set up, took me only 3 mins after taking it out of the box. So far, we've been using this unit for 2 months and print quality, the scan quality and ability to
print / scan from smartphone . . all are very good (same as it has been with earlier units). Toner replacement with genuine Brother is a little pricey but I guess that how they make their profits. I noted that over the years (and many units), owners certainly will look to cut cost, hence use cheaper toner and drum . . . but it is also when the quality of the prints begin to degrade. Anyway, it is the economic reality. From experience, MFC usually functions well for about 2 years of heavily used (I mean 10,000 - 13,000 prints and copies per month). Then it begins to show signs of wears and tears for which it is time to replace with newer model (as fixing it will cost a lot more on parts and labor). Let's see how long this unit will last ;-)
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Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2017 by NSIW3687
Impossible to install
Model name: MFCL5800DW Printer
If I could return I would. Support nonexistent. Should be easy wireless install on network. Finally got network connected then the scanner would not connect. Spent 1 and 1/2 day and got 1:2 machine working. What a waste.
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2023 by Jim Brittain
Great upgrade
Model name: MFCL5800DW Printer
I’m a fan of Brother’s MFC series of printers. My last one is probably 7 years old, still works and it’s been a reliable workhouse. This new one is so much better. The scanner is excellent. And the wireless function was easy to set up. Thanks.
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2023 by luna