Brother HL-5240 Laser Printer
Posted on September 17, 2007 – 2:49 pm by admin
So I returned the HP laser printer. I was getting a black line down the right side of the paper every time I printed a graphic. I didn’t need the hassle. I even uninstalled the driver and reinstalled the new one from the HP website. Nothing worked.
Really, I am getting too old to diagnose a brand new printer that is supposed to work when plugged in. I paid for the plug and play technology when I bought a brand new laptop and desktop and, pardon me, I expect it to work. It’s HP’s job to have updated drivers for printers they claim to work with Windows Vista.
I returned the printer to Staples today with no problem. I went over to the shelf and grabbed a bigger Brother HL-5240 Laser Printer. All I really wanted was a small home office laser printer, but walked away with something described as a “work horse.”
I am going to hook this one up tonight and see what happens. I looked on the Brother website and saw printer drivers for Windows Vista. I will let you know what happens.
TYSM I read this one and decided to try it out on my ACER (See, its not always HP with the problems)...
3 Responses to “Brother HL-5240 Laser Printer”
By Craig on Sep 22, 2007 | Reply
Its a shame you returned it. Only needed to change the dpi from 600 to 1200 and it would’ve been fine.
By admin on Sep 22, 2007 | Reply
You may be right, but really I get to a point of annoyance that I just get fed up. It isn’t a great way to be, so I suppose I may need to work on that.
By CBFOX on Nov 26, 2007 | Reply
I am returning my HP 1018 tomorrow. Changing the dpi did not work – nor sis any of the other suggestions. The vertical line remains.