The Brother HL-5450DN is a fast and functional mono laser printer that means business.

We had a color laser printer at my small business and the ink costs were killing us. I decided to make the color printer a hard to access asset, and instead but a workhorse B/W laser on the network. All the reviews said this Brother would be great, and it has been to date.

I am pleased with this printer so far, it's faster than my previous model; only downside, apart from the price of consumables, it that it is a bit noisy. I will, of course, be annoyed at the cost of the consumables.

This printer is/can be a little bit loud when starting up or printing. It is a bit large, but not as large as many lazer printers I've seen. Seems to be a good print quality from the one page I printed so far from google maps with directions. Picture and print were both good/excellent quality.

sounds like a good solid printer good print quality

sound is a little much black and white so no colour; maybe should have usb3.0 interface

Similar in many ways to the Brother HL-5470DW , the Brother HL-5450DN is just different enough to make it worth a separate look. In essence, it's a stripped-down version of the same printer, with less memory (which, in theory, can affect speed), no Wi-Fi, and status lights instead of an LCD-based...

Duplexer and 300-sheet capacity standard, 800-sheet maximum; Ethernet; Low running cost

Although acceptably fast; particularly for the price; it's slower than you might expect for the rated engine speed

I bought this printer mainly for iPad. Setup was a breeze and works great. Print quality as expected with a laser printer. Airprint feature on this printer is great for iPad/iPhone use and print outs comes out exactly the same as you would normally with a PC.

airprint compatibility

none

This printer is fast, relatively quiet and has automatic duplex printing. The printing speed is significantly faster than HL-2240 and HL-2170W I have used. The noise level is similar to that of HL-2240. The print quality is good with text being very sharp.

I've upgraded through three low-end Brother laser printers, from a basic simplex model to duplex, and now to one that (sort-of) supports Google Cloudprint. Alas, there is a bug with the Cloudprint feature such that the printer "signs out" and goes offline after a few days.

Some people complained about the unit blowing fuses, so I did not plug it into a power strip, but straight into a 15A wall outlet. Not one single problem!

Ive never been too picky with printers, in fact this was the first one i bought for myself, the rest have been family printers. I don't do an excessive amount of printing but i do need to print multiple times a week and most of the time i print in bulk.

Reliability