Thane,
Yes, I read many users mention this. It seems that the laser printer
buy/user
community has gotten wise and quite sophisticated about this toner
cost/print
business. I've never really used this metric in deciding on a printer;
unless the
reported cost/print cost was very high (subjective). And, I have never
gotten
the projected prints/toner cartridge either (even with extra shuffle
shaking!).
Real users do not just print the ISO/IEC 19752 Print Spec page all day
for the
life of the toner cartridge ...... :)
I did find it interesting that Lexmark sells its' replacement Drum kit
for only $27US,
yet Brother and others still stiff the users ~$80-$150US for theirs. I
get it!
Best,
Duncan
On 06/24/2011 08:50, Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 06:32 PM 23/06/2011, DSinc wrote:
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).
Interesting. I didn't realize that Brother was so much cheaper for
toner. It looks like about $0.011 per page for the high yield Brother
vs $0.021 per page for the Lexmark.
T
