Brother has the reputation of providing bargain basement products for the consumer. In a reevaluation of their marketing concepts, Brother has produced the Brother HL 6050DN Cartridge, a monochrome laser printer that can compete competitively with comparable printers produced by other manufacturers.
Brother provides instant networkability in the HL-6050DN. An Ethernet 10/100 interface allows the HL-6050DN to be included into the network seamlessly and transparently. One of the major advantages of the Brother HL 6050DN Printer Cartridge is its capacity. While competitors only offer 250 sheet paper trays of letter sized stock, the HL6050DN provides 500 sheet (full ream) paper trays that have the ability to hold either letter or legal sized paper. A single paper tray is provided with the printer and an optional second paper tray permits the user to place letter sized paper in one tray and legal sized in the second. The availability of a copious amount of paper in different sizes permits faster and simpler utilization of this printer.
Volume sized paper trays require toner cartridges and drums that provide supplies for volume printing. The TN6070 toner cartridge has the capacity for printing 7500 pages. 30,000 pages will need to be printed before the DR600 drum will need replacement. The high volume drum/toner cartridge combination provides low cost per page printing while maintaining the availability of the printer.
The amount of copy that can be provided to the printer is limited by the amount of memory that is provided in the printer. The competitors to the HL-6050DN provide 16MB of memory with their printers. Brother provides 32MB of memory along with the option of adding more memory should the need arise. An expansion slot will accept Brother memory chips that range in size. These sizes are 16MB, 32MB, 64MB and 128MB. The ability to add memory to the HL-6050DN makes it adaptable to any size small business network.
Printing speed on the HL-6050DN is a quick 18 pages per minute. The initial page is printed in 11 seconds after it is transmitted to t he printer. While these rates may be marginally slower than competitors, the rates will provide acceptable performance to all but the most discriminating user.
Brother includes the Quick Start setup utility to get the HL6050DN up and running in minimal time. This intuitive utility allows even the most inexperienced computer user to get the printer up and operating in minimal time. The Quick Start utility can be placed either on the desktop as an icon or in the system tray of the computer.
Brother has designed the HL6050DN to operate in any platform environment. Whether the small business has Windows, Apple or Linux as the environment of choice, the HL6050DN will fit seamlessly into that environment. The network that the HL6050DN is placed in can be either a hardwired or wireless network. The software in the HL6050DN will perform most adequately in either network.
A quality product combined with the economies of the HL 6050DN Cartridge and Brother DR600 drum make the HL-6050DN a serious competitor in the small business laser printer market. Significant savings both in initial cost and daily operation combined with versatile, quality output make the Brother HL-6050DN highly worthy for consideration by any small business.