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1. jlturn+(OP)[view] [source] 2022-06-24 11:48:38
Bummer, I’ve been a fan of Brother in the past. Owned two monochrome laser printers that have been great over 10 years of service with not a single paper jam.
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2. otherm+B2[view] [source] 2022-06-24 12:07:10
>>jlturn+(OP)
That's also for me. I've advocated for Brother before here in HN, as they just seem to sell printers that works, and avoid toner shenanigans.
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3. noir_l+Y3[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-06-24 12:16:17
>>otherm+B2
Same but based on this post and since I don’t buy printers anymore I simply can’t recommend anyone anymore.

I’ve probably accounted for the sale of dozens of brother printers over the years.

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4. lelag+J4[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-06-24 12:20:46
>>otherm+B2
I'm in the same boat. I was a big fan after many years happily using a monochrome HL-5250DN networked laser printer. It was just great: the printer was cheap, it printed well and fast, the cartridges were dirt cheap and lasted forever (1 cartridge was like 7000 pages).

Now I have one of their color laser printer which is OK but it's slow, you can't print that much with it before having to change one or the other cartridge and the OEM ink is terribly expensive.

If they now prevent from using third party ink like this, I'm officially out.

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5. anjc+s6[view] [source] 2022-06-24 12:30:50
>>jlturn+(OP)
I agree and recommend them to everyone. That said, their monochrome lasers also prevent non-OEM toners from working without an opaque sequence of key presses. Maybe this is normal for printers but it was non-obvious for me.
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6. ninjin+b9[view] [source] 2022-06-24 12:47:39
>>jlturn+(OP)
Indeed, I had seen so many good things said about Brother on Hacker News that I recently got an MFC-L2750DW for my home office that I am looking to swap for a MFC-L3770CDW as for some blasted reason Brother decided to get rid of printing and scanning from/to USB storage devices for the MFC-L2750DW. Having read this now on Hacker News, I am at a loss and tempted to dump Brother altogether.

Is there any reasonable alternative out there if you want:

* Laser printing

* Duplex printing

* Do not necessarily need colour

* Printing from USB storage devices

* Scanning to USB storage devices

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7. pdimit+Fd1[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-06-24 16:30:44
>>anjc+s6
Huh? What's this sequence of key presses? I have a B&W MFC Brother device and my toner is at 40% so I might need the info in the next year or so.
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8. anjc+aA3[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-06-25 10:43:41
>>pdimit+Fd1
Copy pasting instructions from some random site (https://printerthinker.com/brother-hl-2130/):

" If your Brother HL-2130 does not reset properly after putting in a new cartridge, and is still showing a 'toner low' or 'toner empty' message, it is possible to manually reset the printer:

Ensure the printer is turned off.

Open the printer front cover.

Hold the Go button while turning the printer on.

When the Toner, Drum, and Error LEDs are on and the Ready LED is off, release the GO button. All of the LEDs will turn off.

Press the Go button two (2) times. The Toner, Drum, and Error LEDs will turn on.

Press the Go button six (6) times.

The Error LED should now be flashing, close the front cover. "

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