OVERALL:
Just bought this printer after much deliberation and research. I was mainly an HP person both using their laser at work and inkjet printers at home. I wanted something a bit more economical in the long term than my inkjet, plus I like the sharpness of laser printing and I love double-sided printing. This printer meets all my requirements and it's fast. I worked out that the cost per page based on current cost of the consumables (toner and drum) is about $0.02 (when using the high-yield toner). That's awesome.
SETUP:
Wired set up via USB or Ethernet (Network) is very easy. To set it up wireless was a bit more involved for me (and probably since I'm the type to rarely read the manual). However, after I set it up it's been working flawlessly.
PAGE CURLING:
Some people complain of page curling and I was really concerned about it but I haven't found that to be a problem. Honestly, my HP LaserJet 1320n at work curls more than this thing. Curling is truly minimal when using the correct paper and when it does occur it's easily correctable (turn the pages upside-down and let them "cool down" is my approach).
FOR THOSE WHO WANT BOOKLET PRINTING ON A MAC, PLEASE READ:
One downside is that it does not do booklet printing on a Mac (booklet printing is Windows only), the driver just doesn't support it. However, there are workarounds using 3rd party software & methods that creates the booklet before sending it to the printer. It's not a big deal. One method is to save a document to a PDF using the OS X print menu, open the PDF in the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader and printing the booklet from there since Adobe Acrobat Reader supports booklet printing. The process has an extra step but works perfectly. Perhaps in the future Brother will update the OS X driver. Printing multiple pages per sheet is not an issue.Get more detail about Brother HL-5370DW Laser Printer with Wireless Networking and Duplex.
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