I currently have the Brother HL-5370DW. I use it with the wired network connection. Aside from not having a LCD screen to know what's going on, or configuration it seems to do a nice job. Configuration needs to be done through their software. I am not doing high volume work with it but it works for me just fine. My vote would be for the Brother. But I don't have much experience with the Lexmark's. Good luck in your decision making process. Anthony
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 4:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Brother printer 2070n Thane/Gaffer, Got the pointers to Lexmark. Went and looked (badly!).....studied the E260DN. I see it for ~$169US. That's close to the ~$179US I see for the Brother HL5370DN. My bad. I do not see any sales for the E360DN; and, at ~$400US I'm back thinking. I also scanned the opinion areas for the Lexmark lasers. Yes, many indicated 'built like a tank', but everyone bad marks the cost of the toner cart. (and the print counter chip tech in the cart.! But, I suppose everyone does this now). Good thing the E360DN has that nice LCD screen. I went blind reading the E260DN UM about all the possible 'status/msg' displays. But, I did like the status display being on the front of the printer. I was happy to see that Lexmark offered a GBit print server. To bad it is external only, and, it only costs $612US. Ouch! That is more than I paid for my pair of GBit switches. I get it. Lexmark is certainly commercial class. Gonna think some more about my Brother HL-2070N. If only I could get an IPC for it. Thank you both, Duncan On 06/22/2011 17:23, DSinc wrote: > Thane, > Thanks for the look/see. Yes. But, color adds another extra cost with > supplies. > I will drill down on the E360dn. Network is required. > Would like to end up with a printer that finally > does 10/1000tx. My printer is my last 'slow boat' on my lan ATM. > Looking..................:) > tnx, > Duncan > > > On 06/22/2011 16:10, Thane Sherrington wrote: >> At 04:58 PM 22/06/2011, DSinc wrote: >>> Thane, >>> Where you thinking of the E260d (p/n 34S0100)???? >>> Duncan >> >> Hi Duncan, >> I'm not sure if the sale holds in the US, but both the E260d, >> E360d, and E460d are all on sale until the end of June for about half >> price (well, I guess no half, but it's signicantly off). Given that, >> I'd probably go with the E360d just because it's rated for 6000 pages >> per month compared to 2500 pages per month for the E260d. They are >> both decent printers, however. Heck, the C544dn is only $100 more >> than the E260d, and that'll give you colour as well. >> >> T >> >> >> >>> On 06/22/2011 14:34, Thane Sherrington wrote: >>>> At 03:27 PM 22/06/2011, 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! >>>>> >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> Am now looking at the Brother 5370DW as an upgrade/replacement. >>>> >>>> If it were me, I'd look at Lexmark over Brother. >>>> >>>> T >>>> >> >> >> >
