I first saw the Brother HL-1250 Laser Printer at Office World. (I know many people do not like this shop, but I found the staff very helpful on the day I visited).
Back to the printer. This printer system is computable with Epson, IMB, PCL6 and Windows emulation. The Windows drivers include ... Read review
Advantages: Great print quality, also economical. Disadvantages: Not a Colour printer!
I first saw the Brother HL-1250 Laser Printer at Office World. (I know many people do not like this shop, but I found the staff very helpful on the day I visited).
Back to the printer. This printer system is computable with Epson, IMB, PCL6 and Windows emulation. The Windows drivers include features such as a ‘quick print set-up’ (allowing control of the print settings on the task bar) and ‘on screen help’. This copier is ideal to ... ...at home as well. The Brother HL-1250 Laser Printer is versatile, being very fast yet reliable. Paper saving, power and toner saving facilities also help to make this machine a viable option for all needs. The print quality is impressive too, giving a crisp and clear graphic quality. It has a large 4Mb along with a powerful processor allowing this professional printer, to print twelve pages per minute and is claimed to be ‘exceptional’ with 1200 dots ... more
I first saw the Brother HL-1250 Laser Printer at Office World. (I know many people do not like this shop, but I found the staff very helpful on the day I visited).
Back to the printer. This printer system is computable with Epson, IMB, PCL6 and Windows emulation. The Windows drivers include features such as a ‘quick print set-up’ (allowing control of the print settings on the task bar) and ‘on screen help’. This copier is ideal to use within a professional environment, daily. It produces excellent print quality, whilst being economical enough to use at home as well. The Brother HL-1250 Laser Printer is versatile, being very fast yet reliable. Paper saving, power and toner saving facilities also help to make this machine a viable option for all needs. The print quality is impressive too, giving a crisp and clear graphic quality. It has a large 4Mb along with a powerful processor allowing this professional printer, to print twelve pages per minute and is claimed to be ‘exceptional’ with 1200 dots per inch and has a 500 sheet printing volume when a second 250 sheet is added.
The Brother HL-1250 Laser Printer having multiple emulation’s and print drivers ensures that compatibility wide a wide rang of computer environments. It has a USB and parallel ports, which allows connection to any system. The Ethernet interface also allows connection to the Internet.
The build quality of this printer also seems sound. The Brother HL-1250 Laser Printer is designed for durability, making this machine an ideal solution for all applications, from home to the office. The cost of this machine is £260.00 from Office World and includes a twelve-month guarantee.
I thought of including all the technical specifications within this opinion but felt it may confuse the non-techie minded such as myself and have written this opinion in a language that I understand. Needless to say I like this machine and will be using it in the future for in a home and study environment.
Advantages: Print speed, quality, upgradability, price, reliability, quite small, easy to print on envelopes/small paper, Works under Windows XP Disadvantages: Square design, 4MB memory not enough for some image printing, supplied drivers not excellent
...had no previous experience of Brother printers, or any other make apart from HP, as I had owned 3 previous HP inkjets and had borrowed a LaserJet. SETTING UP THE PRINTER The set up of the printer was fantastically easy thanks to the provided quick setup guide. Having never set up a printer before, I don’t know what I would have done without the included poster. Instructions were precise and included pictures to help. INITIAL THOUGHTS The first thing ... ...HP LJ 2200 and the Brother is nowhere near as bad as that.
4. Grey text prints out black when using the Brother drivers. To fix this, I have the printer installed twice, once with the Brother drivers and once with the Windows ones, as the Windows ones print with the right colours but do not have all features of the Brother drivers.
5. The famous flickering light problem. Every product that is released today seems to have one problem that everyone ...
pc-tech 13.01.2002
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Advantages: Cheap to run, fast, good value, good quality. Disadvantages: None, except no color but what do you expect from a B & W printer.
...with heavy use.
The Brother HL1250 cost around £250 and was the best thing I have ever purchased. It is very reliable and can take up to 250 sheets at a time. It also has a manual feed which stops all the messing about just to print one envelope.
It can also be set up to print at 50% saving mode when printing draft documents saving you even more money on toners.
This is perfact for people that seem to constantly be printing for school or anything ...
eep362 19.07.2000
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Advantages: low running costs and 12 pages per minute make it ideal Disadvantages: very few. However can take some time to print large detailed graphics
For many years i had a slow unreliable ink jet printer. It could only take black and white ribbons and went through them in about a month. I decided to try out laser printers in the hope that it would cut down on running costs and would speed up my time spent printing off documents.
After having used this printer i can never see myself using another ink jet printer again. I have had the HL-1250 for just over 6 months and not had to change the toner ... ...have been astounded by the speed at which pages can be printed and the loading tray has saved me much time and effort. The tray is sturdy and has a very helpful gauge showing how much paper is left. A far cry from having to put in a new individual sheet everytime a new page is reached. I have also found the front loading space very helpful in printing cards, envelopes and any sheets that need to be printed on both sides. I have had no problems with ...
Zeydorf 06.07.2001 (07.07.2001)
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...across multiple pages, etc. But this thing really stands out as a superb performer for what you're paying. Economy wise this is a gem as well. If you're not in the market for the network functionality gets it's smaller brother (No pun intended) for apprx £200. You won't be disappointed ...
AndreBoyle 13.08.2000
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Advantages: Easy to setup. High peformance. Excellent cost. Beats competitors Disadvantages: No
What does everybody want in their computer products? Low prices, good service, simplicity.... This printer has all of that.
I needed a new printer badly. I'm an engineering student and I have 40-page reports due every week. I need a good printer. Not to mention that I have no money to spend. HIGH PERFORMANCE
This printer is excellent for a small office or the busy engineering student like me. The documentation says 12 pages per minute, but do you ... ...that long for the thing to warm up or to print out large papers. It holds a lot of paper (even legal sized!) so I don't have to refill it all the time (although that's another problem college students face). This thing also gets excellent resolution. 1200x600 DPI! This isn't bad for a $400 printer. It fact that pretty frickin' good. You can really tell the difference in quality between this machine and others in its price range (up to 600dpi). They ...
tycoon 12.07.2000
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The HL-1250 printer utilizes an optimized 66 MHz controller that allows fast output at up to 12 pages per minute. The first page output is less than 15 seconds so there is no long waiting times for that first page. The Brother HL-1250 printer comes with USB and parallel ports standard built-in so it is compatible with Windows platforms as well as your iMac, iBook or new G3 Macintosh. The printer drivers are included in the box and there is no need for parallel- to-USB cables since both are provided right on-board. Professional business-quality 1200 x 600 dpi graphics resolution combined with microfine toner produces sharp quality printing. Paper capacity is a staggering 250 sheets of letter size paper and the HL-1250 allows you to obtain optimum print quality on different media types, every time. An optional second paper cassette allows you to expand you paper capacity to 500 total sheets should the need arise.
