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It's annoying news but my Brother laser, regarded for its serviceability, needs new drums every 12-15k pages at $90/ea. That's on top of $75 toner cartridges ev
by selectodude 4y ago
It's annoying news but my Brother laser, regarded for its serviceability, needs new drums every 12-15k pages at $90/ea. That's on top of $75 toner cartridges every 5-7k pages. This $400 printer with $30 ink refills that ends up being disposable at the end of its service live has a lower TCO than anything else I've seen.
- Spooky23 4y agoYeah the brother magic went away, they 3x the price of first-party consumables a few years ago.
- da768 4y agoAnd there are reports that the 2022 firmware updates now make it harder to use 3rd party toner.
- pnutjam 4y agoso $400+$240 every 12,000+ pages, vs $400+$300 (10 x $30) for about 2,200+ pages? It's not even close....
- HNdev1995 4y agoWhat printer are the second set of numbers in reference to?
- pnutjam 4y agoLaser vs inkjet, avg ink cartridge does 220 pages.
- selectodude 4y agoThe printer this article is about is a laser printer. The ink refill for $30 lasts 5000 pages and the drum lasts 50,000 pages.
- pnutjam 4y agoYeah, look up thread.