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Summary: Excellent choice for small business or home
Review: This is the first non-HP printer I have ever purchased and I couldn't be happier. The output is excellent and the print speed is extememly fast. The main reaon for this purchase was its build quality compared to its closest HP competitor, the HP 1200. While the specs on the two printers are almost the same, the price of the Brother HL-1450 is lower and the build quality is higher. Brother also has the less expensive 1440 with only 2 MB of RAM as opposed to the 1450's 8 MB of RAM, but for the price you are better off with the 1450.
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Summary: Falls short of your expectations
Review: This series is over rated. For the price I expected more than it delivered. We own a real estate office, have 5-6 laser printers ... Was looking for dependable individual printer. Found this one to constantly jam, when you have to hand fed the printer. Only prints envelopes one at a time, and invariably jams on the 4th or 5th envelope. May be good for someone who justs prints simple letters.
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Summary: Don't buy for use with XP
Review: To install with Windows XP, you have to download a driver from the Brother site. It is very difficult to install the printer, and it doesn't work very well. Support is weak.
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Summary: Fantastic small office laser printer!
Review: When my trusty 10-year old HP LaserJet IIIP suddenly gave up the ghost, I had to find a replacement for my small office quick. Although considering another HP laser, I did check out PC-World and Consumer Reports -- good thing! Both listed the Brother 1440 as tops; after checking out the specs, I settled on its slightly more versatile cousin with 8 MB RAM and duplex printing -- the model HL-1450. Turned out that, at Amazon's special price, the better performer cost less than the introductory printer.I've now printed some 1000 pages on the 1450, and am tickled slap to death with it. Fast, quiet, low cost per page, reliable, numerous fancy print options; the single feeder is great for envelopes or check printing, and the paper tray holds 250 sheets. I added a 32 MB SIMM for graphics printing - DO NOT buy the [price] Brother SIMM, get it on line for [money]! The setup sheet is excellent, as are the installation graphics on the CD. My one beef is that the 'manual' resides on the CD, so you have to have a functioning computer and printer to use it. The user manual's index stinks (try finding "sleep mode") but the contents and illustrations are excellent. All told, for under [price] I got a super laser printer for the office. ...
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Summary: Don't buy this printer
Review: Wish I could give 0 stars... Don't buy this printer. Poor print quality after about 200 pages. Cleaning the corona wire helps but only temporarily. Printing 10-20 blank pages helps but only temporarily. ... Just a lousy printer with no support. .
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Summary: A Very Disappointed small business owner
Review: Worked well for one year. Then it started to jam several times a day. Brother support responded quickly but their suggestions didn't help. Then told me to get it serviced..certainly not worth the cost these days. Would not recommend this printer.
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