Black and White MFP Suggestions
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We have been buying Dell printers the last couple years and the quality has just completely gone to sh*t. They have been failing left and right and I have really just had it with them. I have seen some suggestions on here to go with Brother for printers. Are there any particular models that you guys recommend?
I am basically looking for black and white laser, scanning/faxing, wireless, ppm 45 or higher, reasonably priced toner.
Are there other brands you guys would recommend besides Brother?
Thanks in advance
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Brother brand printers are generally the work-horses of SMB (and larger if you wanna spend that much).
I don't have any models off hand, but just about any of them will treat you well for a long while.
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I have had a Brother MFC-9970CDW for about 6 years now and it is awesome.
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We have some giant copiers here from an older regime.
Once the lease is up, we'll be switching to MFPs.
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@Minion-Queen - Is Brother strict on whether the toner is official Brother toner? I would typically buy Dell toner from Dell (rip off). Every so often I try to buy off Amazon and you end up with a third party toner that doesn't work or only works for a few prints and then warns you that the toner is not compatible.
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@syko24 said in Black and White MFP Suggestions:
@Minion-Queen - Is Brother strict on whether the toner is official Brother toner? I would typically buy Dell toner from Dell (rip off). Every so often I try to buy off Amazon and you end up with a third party toner that doesn't work or only works for a few prints and then warns you that the toner is not compatible.
I have honestly never tried to use anything other than Brother toner, so can't answer that one.
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@syko24 said in Black and White MFP Suggestions:
@Minion-Queen - Is Brother strict on whether the toner is official Brother toner? I would typically buy Dell toner from Dell (rip off). Every so often I try to buy off Amazon and you end up with a third party toner that doesn't work or only works for a few prints and then warns you that the toner is not compatible.
In all honesty, you could probably skirt the OEM toner, but at risk of your warranty.
For the cost and piece of mind I'd just buy OEM.
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And the reason that I'd buy OEM is I don't want to spend 400 - 600 on a printer, only to break it with something aftermarket.
Maybe after it's useful life would I start to use aftermarket toner. But not on new equipment.
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@DustinB3403 - I just looked up the price for toner on the MFC-L6900DW and it is half the price of Dell.
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Think I will definitely be venturing in the Brother direction. Thanks!
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@syko24 said in Black and White MFP Suggestions:
Think I will definitely be venturing in the Brother direction. Thanks!
That's what we use at home, too. We have a decent sized commercial black and white one.
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I hate Brother printers. not as much as lexmark, but i never have good luck with them.
I was buying HP, but they are failing.
Last one I bought was a Canon.
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@JaredBusch - Yeah I think HP is in the same boat as Dell. Both are just overprice crap.
Hopefully I have better luck with Brother.
Which Canon did you go with and how has it been?
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To be clear I wouldn't buy anything Brother that wasn't business class, cause that is crap.
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Perfect timing
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@Minion-Queen said in Black and White MFP Suggestions:
To be clear I wouldn't buy anything Brother that wasn't business class, cause that is crap.
Ended up picking http://www.brother-usa.com/MFC/ModelDetail/4/MFCL6900DW/spec
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Hope it works well for you.
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My Brother HL-5170dn from ~2005 is still running strong.
