Re: OT: Anyone using the Brother MFC-7820?

Hello James,


One thing you have to watch with Brother is the cost of the drum as it
can be very expensive. I have an MFC8300 which I've had pretty good
luck with as a fax/printer from Linux. I haven't tried it as a scanner
from linux.


Thanks. Yes, it has the drum separate but that can also be a good thing since a toner cartridge sans drum is by default less expensive than one with drum. From what I researched the drum unit is between $80 and $90, supposedly lasting 12000 pages. The toner is rated at 2500 pages, or four toner cartridges until the drum needs to be replaced. Of course, that whole equation won't compute anymore should a grain of sand in the paper scratch the drum early on.


For my model, it is cheaper to find a new printer on sale that uses the
same drum and throw away the rest of the printer. Cheaper from an
economical sense. I'm not condoning this, just giving the facts. I was
lucky to find someone who wanted the blank printer and I wanted the
drum. So that worked out well.

Other than that issue, I haven't had any troubles with mine for 5 years
or so. Admittedly, I don't print a whole lot. But that is actually
harder on some parts of the printer than printing large runs where
things get warmed up and it runs continuously for long periods of time.


Same here. Much of my biz is all-electronic transfers. I often only print schematics and docs that I need to study or check in great detail. Come to think of it, the instances where I need to send a fax is maybe once per month. It used to be several a day but now everybody has email. But with such a multifunction unit there is less clutter, I can get rid of the fax machine and the old copier. IOW the number of spaces needed goes from three units to one which would be cool.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com
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