"Plays well with Macs" goes a long way with me. I looked at the Brother color lasers online. They all say "Amazon Dash Replenishment Enabled." Again, that sounds like 'phones home', no? I assume (hope?) that's user-selectable.
Concerning color lasers, do they print as nicely as inkjets? We do a lot of photo-quality banners, labels, etc, and the inkjets excel at that, nice, clear and bright. Never used a color laser, so I don't know if they produce vibrant, glossy color prints or not. Also, a replacement set of toner cartridges is $135! I hope they last longer than inkjet cartridges! -Carl > On Feb 21, 2017, at 9:05 PM, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just retired a Brother MFC-6980CDW inkjet. It was designed by an idiot — > the first lemon I've ever had from them. No configuration webpage, a tiny > primary paper drawer, a massive secondary paper drawer — except duplex > printing was only possible from the first drawer, AND the printer > automatically went to the second drawer when the first was empty (who thought > this design combination was a good idea?) There was also no single-page feed > slot for things like label runs, etc. > > Yes, it drank a lot of ink, mainly because it needed continuous cleaning the > more it aged. Never had an offline problem, but the second drawer hasn't fed > in three years despite attempts at roller cleaning. Still, I got seven solid > years good use out of the printer, which is not shabby, and it still works > pretty well (I just got tired of catering to it). > > And yeah, the customer service was brain-dead (e.g., rep wrote me a message > telling me how to access the configuration webpage that didn't exist on that > model, etc.) But I haven't seen notably superior performance from other > manufacturers, either. > > Still, given my significantly worse experiences with HP and Epson, I replaced > it last month with a color laser Brother MFC, offering duplex printing and > duplex scanning. So far, life has been really good. > > What I've always liked about Brother is that they play well with Macs. They > do things like configuration and wireless the way the Mac OS wants to do > them, and not as some not-invented-here megalomaniac in the home office > decrees they will be done (e.g., HP bloatware / startup daemons / > configuration suites). > >> On Feb 21, 2017, at 8:22 PM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >>> On Feb 21, 2017, at 8:00 PM, Macs R We <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>>> Is there an inkjet printer (Brother, Canon, Epson) that can be installed >>>> without phoning home? >>> >>> Brothers don't. They will if you ask them to update their firmware >>> automatically, but you can always do it manually if you want. >> >> I'm game. But looking on Amazon, the Brother inkjets have fairly high 1-star >> ratings, anywhere from 10%-25%, mostly complaining about how much ink they >> drink, printers going offline, poor quality prints, miserable customer >> service, and paper jamming issues. Sigh. >> >> Brother Printer MFC-J470DW: 25% 1-star ratings >> Brother Printer MFC-J680DW: 13% 1-star ratings >> Brother Printer MFC-J985DW: 10% 1-star ratings >> >> This last one (the 10%er) uses something called 'INKvestment Cartridges'. >> That sounds suspiciously like 'phone home' cartridges. Stay away? Any >> recommendations? >> -Carl >> >
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