[chbot] network laser colour duplex printer sale

[Mark Atherton]

I have this cunning plan...

If you don't like Brother prints, don't buy one !

Yes, the A4 photos prints are lovely

-mark

On 27/11/2015 6:44 p.m., Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> On Fri 27 Nov 2015 13:23:58 NZDT +1300, Mark Atherton wrote:
>
>> After lots of research, bought an HL-3150 network laser colour
>> duplex printer for NZ$100 from globalPC (after rebate). Cash-back
>> was approved 2 hrs after going through the Brother cash back page,
>> and emailing required documents. Unit appear to be quite well built,
>> heavy, and have mostly very good reviews.
> Once upon a time, the place I worked at bought a Brother HL-5340DN(or
> similar) black laser network duplex. It was very good. Because of this
> experience, a similar colouor model was purchased. It was a TOTAL PIECE
> OF SHITE. The different colours didn't print in the same place,
> producing visible colour shifts and blurred output. Colour toner coverage
> was uneven, producing lighter-coloured vertical bands. It was unusable.
> After the Brother techy came for the second time he admitted it was a
> pretty bad piece of printing technology. It collected dust henceforth.
>
> I wouldn't buy another Brother colour laser until I was satisfied these
> issues have been completely addressed. Did you check this carefully yet,
> Mark? Printed some A4 photos?
>
> Another thing to be aware of is that cheap Brother printers have a high
> chance of only shipping with 'doze drivers. Whether Linux drivers are
> available is another question, as is whether Brother's Linux support
> consists of their closed-source PITA drivers which are a time waster to
> install and may or may not work properly. To use brscript (Brother's
> postscript) there won't be driver problems and it'll just work on the PC
> side, but it requires a memory upgrade in the printer or more complex
> duplex pages won't print (or only single-sided). With more memory
> however a HL-5350DN works flawlessly with zero configuration.
>
>> low cost toner ($150 for a full set of
>> cartridges, with 2500 page life, from trademe).
> (Which seller?)
> Does anyone have experience with cheap replacement laser cartridges?
> A set is $570 from PTech (free 3y onsite wty included... holy banana,
> cheaper to buy a new printer!)
>
> My experience with replacement Epson ink cartridges is abysmal:
> different colours, clogs all the time -> complete waste of time and
> money.
>
> Volker
>