thanks to forum members i bought a simple brother B+W laser printer when another Canon inkjet all in one died!! i cant believe how fast it is, things are well printed as well. i can go to to my local library if i need a rare scan. thanks to all + it was cheep thru Wallys!
brother laserjet printer
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Im not up to speed on doing this. Always buy new which are expensive. Could you fill me in? Seems like sometimes it requires replacement when theres still toner in there.
We had a bunch of Dell b/w laser printers which were just rebranded Brother printers. They worked quite well.
I NEVER in my life thought I'd own a 'photo copier" .... I got by going to Kinkos.
I now have a Brother Laser Printer with a Photo Copier and it is GREAT.
I now have a Brother Laser Printer with a Photo Copier and it is GREAT.
It sounds like his printer has a way to refill toner rather than replacing the whole cartridge.
When quality starts getting bad, I can take the cartridge out of my HP Laserjet and shake it to coax out a few more copies.
The Brother laser printer I have has a separate drum and toner cartridge.
HP Laserjets have the drum as part of the toner cartridge.
HP Laserjets have the drum as part of the toner cartridge.
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Generic laser toner cartridges are available on Amazon for way less than OEM and they're every bit as good.
If you need to scan get a smartphone scanning app. An amazing one for iPhone is TurboScan.
I've gotten some for other printers that leaked or had bad spots on the drum. My Brother AIO has the drum separate. I would only get a genuine Brother drum.
Many Brother laser carts including mine, have a refill cap on the side, so you just pop that off and refill. Some have a shield over that, held on by a molded-in plastic stud and you cut or melt the stud off to get the shield off, then reattach it with a screw (that you provide).
The starter carts that come with their printers, don't have a full toner load and some (including mine) needed a reset gear to get the full page count on the next refill. Refilling a retail cart sold separately won't have this issue. You just return (turn by hand) the reset gear to the new/full load position when refilling.
I get 2-3 refills from a new OEM cart, then the pages get dirty spots so I buy a new OEM cart and repeat refilling it, but also swap back in the older cart making dirty spots, for bulk printing where the quality doesn't matter much.
HL-L2320D running here. Excellent machine !
If you have an Iphone you can scan usung your phone, it works amazingly well
How to scan documents on your iPhone or iPad
- Open Notes and select a note or create a new one.
- Tap the Camera button , then tap Scan Documents .
- Place your document in view of the camera.
- If your device is in Auto mode, your document will automatically scan. ...
- Tap Save or add additional scans to the document.
GeniusScan is another good scanning app that is available on both mobile OS.
Dell lasers were Lexmark for the longest time, perhaps things have changed now? Although I like Lexmark, that's what we use at work and they are workhorses as well. I did have a Dell color laser a few years ago, got it for free when my uncle's business closed. Sadly I dropped it during a move and it broke
I have a Brother 2240 (?) basic laser printer. It was a black Friday thing at Staples for 49 bux. It's been riding around in the truck with me for 9 years, use it to print out load and customs paperwork. I was hoping to get a year out of it.
Right! These things refuse to die, which is great until you're the one that has to carry it
