This is a great printer so far, and remarkable for the price. However, two things stop it from getting a five star rating. One is that, when printing more than about 30 pages at a time, the papers start to mess up. Also, we are a public library, so the off button is right up front, too easily accessible to patrons.
I upgraded from a 6200 and paid twice the price so even though this machine is much slower to begin a print job which I can live with, but the print job occasionally has little black marks over some of the pages. So far it’s okay but waiting to see how long before the pages start looking smudgy like the 6200 did right after I replaced the fuser unit or whatever you call it so I was faced with a new one or upgrading to this one. I print 700 or 800 tax returns each season on this printer and don’t expect it will last forever like my old HP seemed to but for the price one season isn’t that bad.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Response from brother-usa.comBy Brother , Customer Service , January 29, 2020
Hi, Yes, tax season is underway. I see that occasionally your print job has little black marks over some of the pages Check the following link below to resolve the issue: https://support.brother.com/g/b/faqend.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=hll6300dw_us&faqid=faq00000219_022
I love the fact that this printer is fast, and it prints darker text than my old printer (a different brand). Unfortunately, this printer has a problem when it is cold -- i.e., if it hasn't printed anything in a few hours. The first couple prints come out with toner across the top inch of the page. It looks like dirt. I tried wiping the drum, cleaning the fuser wire, and setting the driver to "Improve toner fixing", but no luck. I was hoping a firmware update would fix it by forcing the fuser to heat up a bit more before creating the first print, but the recent firmware update actually made the problem worse.
The printer setup perfectly on a home MAC network. The printer is very fast, but it is a little loud for a home environment. It is billed as an office printer, but I wanted the speed and reliability I would purchase this printer again.