Brother HL-5380DN

Brother HL-5380DN review

The Brother HL-5280DN is a mid-range monochrome laser printer that's designed to provide higher than average print speeds for its class. It can print on both sides of a piece of paper and also has an Ethernet connection on board so you can hook it into your home network. This model can be bought for around £285 online. The HL-5280DN is unusually petite for a laser model. It's not quite as small as the Dell 1130, but as it measures just 486x500x455mm, you should still have no problems accommodating it in a bijou home office. As with most laser models, the design is basically square in shape, but Brother has used a mixture of light and dark grey panels on the chassis to help it stand out from the crowd. On the top-left hand side of the printer, you'll find the control panel, which juts out to the side slightly. This houses a single line, 16-character monochrome LCD screen, along with four buttons that allow you to navigate through the printer's easy-to-use menus. Beneath these are the Go and Print Cancel buttons. The screen is backlit and has three different coloured LEDs so it can light up green, amber or red to indicate the printer's status. The single line LCD screen can glow different colours to indicate the printer's status.