Hi Duncan,
On Wednesday 22 June 2011 19:27:50 DSinc wrote:
> Gaffer,
> Caps again? Power supply? Darn! This never entered my thoughts.
> Thank you.
> I recall. But, trying to take this thing apart is a major pain. I
> think this printer was built as a complete toss-away! I'll think some
> more. Until the "GO" button fails, I can still get prints out of it
> ATM!
I agree that its a pain to get at the mainboard ! After that its an
easy repair job. Five caps on the last one that I repaired were
replaced. Two obviously bulging and three that measured bad, having a
high ESR. Two others were suspect but tested Ok.
> At this point, believe I will trundle the printer up the road to a
> Brother Certified service station (local). Yes, I suppose the repair
> bill may be 2x what I paid for the printer, but, I still have a spare
> drum module and a spare toner cart. for it. And, I don't believe I
> can do a swap/return.
I don't have a clue what they would charge you but your probably right !
It seems that repair costs are designed to push you towards buying a new
one rather than repair.
Just today I bought a new power socket from the manufacturers for a
common laptop, the client never batted an eyelid ! But I choked at
nearly £50 ($75) delivered.
> Am now looking at the Brother 5370DW as an upgrade/replacement.
> Best,
> Duncan
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