[Born Conservative]

Just bought this model a few months back,and it blows away my old Samsung monochrome laser printer.

[GOPJ]

Thanks - I hate my HP Photosmart printer.

[martin_fierro]

I’ve got an old HP 4L that just keeps on tickin’.

[proxy_user]

I have the 2170, which is the IP version. IP printing from one of my computers stopped working, and nothing I could do would bring it back. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the driver, but in the end I had to set it up with USB.

Only my main computer can’t print over the IP interface - all the other ones can.

[catnipman]

Also, you can probably refill the existing cartridge by buying a refill kit on ebay. On ebay, search for the model number plus refill. A kit usually consists of one or more bottles of toner, plus instructions on how the reset the page counter. Lots cheaper than new cartridges.

[JoeProBono]

[TomGuy]

I had a few ink jets. They were pathetic.

The last one was a Lennox. The printer died before the first ink cartridges were empty.

I don’t do much printing, so I had a problem with the ink jets clogging and drying out.

About 3 years ago now, I ran across a Minolta laser for $200. I jumped on that bargain. It still is on the original cartridge and still prints the occasional pages.

On Black Monday of last November, I ran across a Xerox color laser for $149. I couldn’t pass that up.

[Theo]

Have you tried printing onto card stock? Does it jam? Is it networkable?

Thanks for the heads-up, ASD!

[Dutch Boy]

I am on my 3rd Brother printer. Got rid of my first one when XP didn’t have drivers. The second when I upgraded to a network printer. I never had a problem with any of them. My current is the HL-5250DN. A 30ppm duplex network printer for less than $200. My next printer will also be a Brother.

[The_Media_never_lie]

I have one, too. It’s a gem.

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45 posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 12:41:31 PM by Jim Robinson (Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jimrobfr)

[Last Dakotan]

Brother makes good products. I own their;
A) Machine Tools
B) Printers
C) Label Makers
D) Fax Machines
Do they make anything else?

[Matchett-PI]

bttt

[JackOfVA]

I have an HP 4000 purchased in 1999. It’s at 240,000 pages now with the only maintenance required a roller kit to replace all the rubber parts in the feed path a couple years a go and a fuser kit at 200,000 pages.

A toner cartridge is $120 and I consistently see 12,000 to 13,000 pages per cartridge. That works out to about 1 cent / page. Paper is around 0.8 cents per page and my total cost per page is a bit over 2 cents, considering consumables, repair parts and original printer price (around $900).

My experience with the house brand toner cartridges from Office Depot was not good - poor quality print and short life.

Jack

[AppyPappy]

I have a Brother Wireless Laser printer. Once you set it up, you were golden with no cable to a PC. Wireless is the best