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4.5
After having suffered through several hand-me-down printers, I wanted a new laser printer that could duplex and print in color so I could reduce the number of devices in my home office. While having the ability to make copies would have been nice, this really handles the bulk of my needs.The setup was incredibly easy and required very little interaction with it to get it on the wireless network. All of my laptops and PC found the printer through the Windows printer wizard very quickly and easily.The only issue I've run into is that the included Windows driver for this printer does allow duplexing but no matter what setting in the application, printer defaults and onboard the printer, it would always duplex on the short side, meaning when you flipped the paper over, the print was upside down. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, would make it behave any differently. I downloaded the driver directly from Brother, unpacked it and replaced the driver to use it even though Windows tried to tell me I had the best driver already installed. Now, it works as expected and as it should. I was so frustrated I was ready to send the printer back. Thanks, Microsoft...The speed of output is a bit inconsistent for multiple pages in the same document. There is sometimes pausing in between pages. I've had plenty of printers that just cranked out page at the rated speed one right after another, so this is the only detractor on an otherwise fine printer.The output is acceptable for a color laser printing color graphics. Do not expect photo quality output - get a high-end inkjet for that (love my Canon Pro-100) but is just great for brochures and other office quality color output.All in all, I'm quite pleased and satisfied with the printer. The price is great. Consumables are going to be where I feel the price pain but that's to be expected.
