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| Thread ID: 141802 | 2016-03-01 02:14:00 | Have you ever bought a Brother Laser Drum? | Digby (677) | PC World Chat |
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| 1416733 | 2016-03-01 02:14:00 | I am thinking that I might be due for a new drum unit for my Brother HL2300D laser printer. A drum unit is about $186 at Warehouse Stationery. So I would be an idiot to buy one as I can buy a new printer for $130 or less and get the latest model with some toner and a new machine with new rubber rollers etc. I was wondering if anyone very buys a drum unit? I know I could get one a bit cheaper from say Alpha in Auckland or a OEM drum from Trademe. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1416734 | 2016-03-01 02:45:00 | If the new printer is comparable to the old one I'd do that. Some cheap inkjet printers come with smaller capacity cartridges though and I don't know if that's also true of laser printers. I bought a Brother multifunction laser a few years ago and have not used up the original toner yet, but I'll be replacing the whole thing with something smaller I think when it finally does run out. Turns out I don't scan enough to justify a multifunction. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1416735 | 2016-03-01 02:57:00 | I am thinking that I might be due for a new drum unit for my Brother HL2300D laser printer. A drum unit is about $186 at Warehouse Stationery. So I would be an idiot to buy one as I can buy a new printer for $130 or less and get the latest model with some toner and a new machine with new rubber rollers etc. I was wondering if anyone very buys a drum unit? I know I could get one a bit cheaper from say Alpha in Auckland or a OEM drum from Trademe. Wouldn't even consider buys drums. Brother have cashback offers all the time. Their current mono Laser one, since you have a mono Laser is the Brother HLL2365DW Cashback $30 valid till the end of March. Got a real good deal the other week, I finally got a Brand new brother HL-3150CDN (Colour network Laser) for $34. The original price of those is roughly $160, ( RRP$199.95)Noel Leeming had them on sale $134- brought it, went on line claimed the $100 cashback and a week later brother deposited $100 into my account :banana |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1416736 | 2016-03-01 03:05:00 | I seem to recall you need a new drum every 2nd toner cartridge or so. I'd buy a toner cartridge but not a drum. | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1416737 | 2016-03-01 05:45:00 | If the new printer is comparable to the old one I'd do that. Some cheap inkjet printers come with smaller capacity cartridges though and I don't know if that's also true of laser printers. I bought a Brother multifunction laser a few years ago and have not used up the original toner yet, but I'll be replacing the whole thing with something smaller I think when it finally does run out. Turns out I don't scan enough to justify a multifunction. Yes, I know that the entry level Brother Laser printers come with a half full toner cartridge. But for the price of a new printer, you get a printer, and drum and some toner. Versus paying twice as much just for a drum. Its madness! I see that everyone agrees with me so far. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1416738 | 2016-03-01 05:52:00 | It's damn stupid how printers cost less than the ink or toner encouraging us to throw yet more perfectly good items in the landfill. The companies that do this should be fined | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1416739 | 2016-03-01 06:34:00 | I do not see the logic either. Surely it costs less for them to make a drum than a printer. If they priced the drum a little less than a printer, they may sell more drums and get more money by not selling as many money-losing printers.... Then again, perhaps they make so little on printers they figure they need to sell as many as they can. I guess it's all aboard the consumer-industrial train to pollutiontopia! | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1416740 | 2016-03-01 07:57:00 | Are you sure that you need more toner? My Brother printer was showing signs of toner shortage two years ago. I removed the toner drum & gave it a good shake, its been right ever since. | mzee (3324) | ||
| 1416741 | 2016-03-01 09:10:00 | I do not see the logic either. Surely it costs less for them to make a drum than a printer. If they priced the drum a little less than a printer, they may sell more drums and get more money by not selling as many money-losing printers.... Then again, perhaps they make so little on printers they figure they need to sell as many as they can. I guess it's all aboard the consumer-industrial train to pollutiontopia! Some good points there. The point is that they are "giving away" a drum every time they sell a printer. I do quite a lot of printing and years ago I bought I new drum, only t find that soon after my printer started to jamb a lot. I figured that the rollers etc were becoming hard and running out of lube etc. So I think it pays to buy a new printer when your drum runs out. This is bad for the environment as it means I buy more than I need to and have to take the old printer to the landfill. I don't care really as it is cost effective for me. I can see the logic (of what they manufacturers do) with ink jet printers as you only have to buy ink (no drum) But not with lasers. I hope most people have worked this out. But The Warehouse has a wall full of drum units, so they must be selling them. (just not to me) |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1416742 | 2016-03-01 18:07:00 | It's damn stupid how printers cost less than the ink or toner encouraging us to throw yet more perfectly good items in the landfill. The companies that do this should be fined But not all are. As with ink, laser printers vary. It's a simple matter of researching the models before you buy, select one that has a high page count (and low cartridge/toner/drum) cost. It is possible to do it, but people make their choice based on price, perceived features and the like. |
pctek (84) | ||
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