I bought a Brother HL-5140 back in 2004 which cost me around GBP200.00 including taxes. It's still going strong with 7000 pages printed so far. I managed to squ

I bought a Brother HL-5140 back in 2004 which cost me around GBP200.00 including taxes. It's still going strong with 7000 pages printed so far. I managed to squeeze out just under 5k pages on the original toner cartridge with some judicious horizontal shaking despite the lifespan stated in the manual as ~3500 pages. I've only replaced the toner cartridge once (cost: GBP ~50.00) and the "new" one still has another 2500-3000 impressions left. The diagnostics report that drum is still good for another 13k pages, the fuser for 73k pages and the and the "PF KIT 1" (I think that's the paper lift foot) for 43k pages. I would definitely go back and buy another HL series of similar capability, they're damn fine work horses.