• Pretzilla@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      My Brother was giving a toner end of life message and refusing to print.

      I took the toner end cap off via two screws and reset the gear toggle, and now it prints again.

      Cool story.

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        3 months ago

        I’ve got 2 brother printers, never had a problem. I’ve used Epson, HP and both were an absolute shitshow to setup

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          3 months ago

          I got an HP because it was remote accessible, and had a scanner with a feed tray as well. It prints maybe 10 pages on a new cartridge. Costs 30 bucks for a new one. 3 dollars a page to print.

          Bought a brother LaserPrinter that only prints B&W but at like 2000 pages. HP just does scanning now, nothing else

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          3 months ago

          I did it, but eventually it didn’t. So I gave in and replaced the toner.

          I got nearly 3k prints from the starter cartridge, so not bad. My replacement should get like 25k. Given that I had the original for ~8 years, I don’t think I’ll ever need a B&W printer ever again.