The Brother HL-5370DW is part of the printer
test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, regular printer
models like the HL-5370DW are rated on multiple criteria, such as those listed below.
Ink and paper/month:
Estimated cost (in dollars) for ink and photo paper in a month of typical use, based on our tests and how our readers told us they print.
For inkjets: 23 text pages, 9 graphics pages, 2.4 large photos, 3.6 small photos, and 3.5 photos on plain paper.
For lasers: 62 text pages, 24 graphics pages, 1.7 large photos, 1.9 small photos, and 2.3 photos on plain paper.
Photos cost the most, text documents the least, so your results may vary from these figures, but they are useful for comparing models.
Text quality:
This indicates how crisply and clearly a printer produced black text in a variety of faces, sizes, and styles. Models with higher scores produce more uniform type, with sharper edges and smoother curves.
Text speed:
This score reflects how quickly the model can print text on five pages of plain, letter-sized pages. 30 seconds or less is excellent; 31 to 60 seconds is very good; 61 to 90 seconds is good; 91 to 120 seconds is fair; and longer than 120 seconds is poor.
About This Brand
Offerings include standard black-and-white and color laser printers, and all-in-one inkjets and lasers. For the widest selection at the best prices, try Newegg.com. PCConnection also has a wide range of choices, and Amazon, Costco, and Tiger Direct have better-than-average prices.
Features & Specs - Brother HL-5370DW
Memory-card reader Indicates whether the printer has a built-in memory-card reader. If so, this feature lets you print image files from a digital camera's memory card without using a computer. You can also transfer the files to a computer.
Memory-card reader
No
PictBridge This feature allows direct printing (without the use of a computer) from any brand of digital camera to any brand of printer.
PictBridge
No
LCD viewer Printer has a built-in LCD screen for viewing and editing images from a memory card. The screen is small, usually only 1 to 3.5 inches, and editing capability is very limited.
LCD viewer
No
Individual color tanks Some inkjet printers use a separate tank for each color. Others have tri-color cartridges with three colors in one. Individual tanks let you replace only the color that runs out rather than tossing a tri-color cartridge that may have some ink left.
Individual color tanks
NA
Networking The ability to connect to a home network for printing from a computer either via an Ethernet or a WiFi connection. Ethernet is the common wired network and WiFi is the wireless format commonly found in laptop computers.
We have been using this printer for about two years.<br />This is the best Black & White printer one can have for the house for the following reasons:<br />1. It is a network printer. This means that you connect it to your network and then you can print from any computer wired or WiFi at your home.<br />2. It works very well with iMac Mac Book Pro and I assume iPad too.<br />3. It prints very high quality Black & White prints.<br />4. Printing is very fast.<br />5. For the price of $80 or $70 you can get a cartridge that will last you years (We are using the same cartridge for the last two years).<br />Comment::<br />No need to setup the printer to connect wirelessly it is cumbersome!<br />Connect it directly to the router it is much easier and much more reliable and will also work perfectly this way with the WiFi connected computers like LapTops.(Who needs wireless connection to the printer)<br /><br />What else one needs?
By
Anonymous
from
San Diego, CA
(2 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
3.0
)-: printing duplex on 3-hole paper
6/13/2011
Pros
Easy To Use
Excellent Print Quality
Fast Operation
Reliable
Cons
Jams Easily
Unreliable
Best Uses
Comment:
This model does not print duplex on 3-hole paper. I even tried printing on 30# 3-hole paper and it still would jam as the machine would feed the paper back in to print on the reverse side. This was very disappointing because the previous model HL-5250DN never had this problem. I have returned the HL-5370DW model for a full refund.
By
Anonymous
from
Pleasant Valley, NY
(5 of 6 customers found this review helpful)
3.0
Excellent while wifi worked
12/15/2010
Pros
Easy Setup
Easy To Use
Excellent Print Quality
Fast Operation
Low cost operation
Cons
Unreliable wifi
Best Uses
Large volume printing
Professional Documents
Comment:
This was the perfect printer for all our black-and-white printing for all our computers. Now it is only perfect for the one computer for which we have a wired connection. The wifi worked for a few months and then suddenly quit. We called in a consultant who verified that there's nothing we can do about that problem.
Other User Reviews
4.0
(based on 1 reviews)
By
Anonymous
User has 30 Days of experience with this product
4.0
06/10/2009
Strength
easy to set up, output is very fast, prints outs look great, duplexing and booklet making are a snap in XP
Weakness
can't get booklet making to work correctly in Vista. when printing on card stock, paper is curled badly...doesn't seem to happen as much with regular paper.
Good printer! It is easy to setup and use, and booklet-making and duplexing are a snap in XP. Unfortunately, making booklets doesn't seem to work in Vista. The printer will curl card stock badly, but regular paper seems to feed without this occurring. It is a very fast printer!
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Memory-card reader
