07-26-2013, 03:25 PM
Silvarios,
I wish I could share your experience. My experiences with Brother printers was the nearly the exact opposite. Two inkjets and a laser printer in the span of approximately the same time frame. I searched back in the forum to 2007 and found a post that noted I had a MFC-5440cn that bit the dust. That machine replaced an MFC-3820cn (if I have the model correctly) that also bit the dust. That's when I decided to never purchase another Brother inkjet.
We replaced the MFC-5440cn wwith an HP Laserjet 3055 all-in-one which still chugs away. We needed another laser and good reports in the forum for Brother laser printers and a great deal inspired me to get a Brother HL-4040cn in 12/08 (approx). Was happy with it initially but it proved to be a piece of garbage. It's been replaced by an HP laserjet p2035n in about 2010 for various reasons.
The HL-4040cn now sits in my warehouse collecting dust because I refuse to put another dime into it for toner and a new drum. It burns through color toner even when set to black and white only mode and it isn't cost effective to replace said toners. It isn't cost effective to replace the drum. So, it's welcome to collect dust until such a time as I need the space and get around to dumping it during a local electronics recycling event.
Robert
I wish I could share your experience. My experiences with Brother printers was the nearly the exact opposite. Two inkjets and a laser printer in the span of approximately the same time frame. I searched back in the forum to 2007 and found a post that noted I had a MFC-5440cn that bit the dust. That machine replaced an MFC-3820cn (if I have the model correctly) that also bit the dust. That's when I decided to never purchase another Brother inkjet.
We replaced the MFC-5440cn wwith an HP Laserjet 3055 all-in-one which still chugs away. We needed another laser and good reports in the forum for Brother laser printers and a great deal inspired me to get a Brother HL-4040cn in 12/08 (approx). Was happy with it initially but it proved to be a piece of garbage. It's been replaced by an HP laserjet p2035n in about 2010 for various reasons.
The HL-4040cn now sits in my warehouse collecting dust because I refuse to put another dime into it for toner and a new drum. It burns through color toner even when set to black and white only mode and it isn't cost effective to replace said toners. It isn't cost effective to replace the drum. So, it's welcome to collect dust until such a time as I need the space and get around to dumping it during a local electronics recycling event.
Robert