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

Hello Charlie,


I have an older Brother HL-720 that has been working (sometimes) for the past 5 years. My biggest problems with this unit are:
1. It is noisy. I have to turn it off at the switch when not printing. Then, when I turn it on, it has a problem with WinXP getting sync'd up again, so I have to play a little game of Reset Printer/Resend Page until the computer and printer like each other again.


Noisyness is what I read about the MFC as well but it doesn't bother me much. Some of the lab equipment next door sounds like a little jet engine all the time anyway, it'll drown it out since the doors are usually open. Then we are at end of a runway, so....

On teh newer MFC you can set the min sleep drop to 5mins after which it goes into a 10W sleep mode, no fan.


2. I have had to have it repaired once already due to a paper jam that jammed it up good. Mis-aligned something in the paper guides or something.
3. It now has a scratched drum, and the toner cartridge is just about empty.


Scratched drum is what occasionally happens, including on my HPs and a Canon copier. The trusty old Canon that was always good to me just croaked and that's why I need a replacement of some sort. With a drum scratch it is an advantage when the toner comes with a new drum. However, the toner cartridge (with integrated drum) on the Canon cost a whopping $100+, twice as much as the one on the Brother and still more than its drum replacement.


Going to be moving into my new house in a few weeks, so I think I will be replacing it with an all-in-one unit myself. If I can afford it, will go with HP, although they aren't as good as they used to be either...


Well, long story short I just bought the MFC-7820. Let's see. Our OfficeMax had exactly one left so they must have gone like hot cake (sale started yesterday).

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com
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