Seems everyone likes their Brother printers. I do the Brother except for a couple of things. 1st off, the cartridge carriers tend to create error messages in many of the models. 2nd and maybe most importantly, if you don't do much with color you won't have to replace it very often. But once you do need to replace it, then nothing works, you can't even print in black. You'll then have to buy that color cartridge you didn't want to buy. I don't know of any other manufacturer that builds their printer that makes you use your color cartridge. Glad I got rid of my Brother and will never go back there again. HP is the better way and so is Lexmark. As a matter of fact, I've had more troubles with HP than with any Lexmark I've ever had.
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I generally prefer HP stuff because I think their stuff is usually a little better. I do not like ink jets because they use ink like crazy. Kodak has two new ink jets that supposedly use about 1/4 of the ink and the ink is pretty cheap. Anyone try one? They are inexpensive. I was considering one. Staples has them.
BTW - HP owns the printer technology while their partner Canon has the ink/laser ink technology. The money is made on the ink/laser cartridges.
My brother is a laser, so the cartridge is not an issue. It is also only Black and White and a damn good copy machine. The fact it prints and copies duplex, both sides, is also important to me. I have a color laser HP, but I hardly every print in color. If I only had one it would be this Brother 8860dn.
I have gone through many inkjets. The cartridges are expensive. I have refilled them, but that is a hassle. the HP's remember the last two that were in it so you need 3 in order to fool it into taking a newly refilled cartridge. I am so done with inkjet.
I have gone through many inkjets. The cartridges are expensive. I have refilled them, but that is a hassle. the HP's remember the last two that were in it so you need 3 in order to fool it into taking a newly refilled cartridge. I am so done with inkjet.
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I have a Brother MFC 7420 in my home office. I bought another one for my son's home office. It prints, copies, faxes, and scans.
We buy generic toner cartridges on ebay in cases of 10. It costs about $200 with shipping or $20 each. We used to pay about $80 when we bought them one at a time at Staples (and that was the store brand).
We buy generic toner cartridges on ebay in cases of 10. It costs about $200 with shipping or $20 each. We used to pay about $80 when we bought them one at a time at Staples (and that was the store brand).
