Brother MFC 3420C Printer Problem

[Kate Fights, I Cry]

After having read the problems faced by Epson printer owners
I have cautiously decided to write and ask for advice here.

Printer I own is Brother MFC 3240C

The printer is just a little over a year old. Purchased in March last
year and has been through several cartridge changes over the period

Lately when I print I am noticing occasional missing dots or white
lines through printed material and sometimes on pictures. I have
activated a cleaning cycle and that seems to clear things up but
then the problem returns soon enough especially after printing lots
of text pages and such.

I've only recently put in new ink cartridges too.


So any advice would be appreciated

 

[Lord-Data]

Get it fixed. Brother printers are terribly notorious for failures .. we
sell em at work .. we get proabbly 10x more of those back than any other
brand ..

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"Kate Fights, I Cry" <sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> wrote in message
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After having read the problems faced by Epson printer owners
I have cautiously decided to write and ask for advice here.

Printer I own is Brother MFC 3240C

The printer is just a little over a year old. Purchased in March last
year and has been through several cartridge changes over the period

Lately when I print I am noticing occasional missing dots or white
lines through printed material and sometimes on pictures. I have
activated a cleaning cycle and that seems to clear things up but
then the problem returns soon enough especially after printing lots
of text pages and such.

I've only recently put in new ink cartridges too.


So any advice would be appreciated

 

Lord-Data wrote:

Get it fixed. Brother printers are terribly notorious for failures .. we
sell em at work .. we get proabbly 10x more of those back than any other
brand ..

Get it fixed... hehehe


I'm about half tempted now to jump up and down on it till
it goes snap!!!

They want about $200 to replace the print heads on the
yellow and magenta cartridge cradles... Yikes!!!!!!!!

I may as well go out and purchasae a brand new printer
for that price. That's what they think the problem is
that the heads are gone.

I wonder if I'll get better luck with a laser printer.

 

[Harry]

<sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> wrote in message
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Lord-Data wrote:
Get it fixed.

That might not be that easy look here
http://www.notgoodenough.org/index.php?page=50#aus

scroll down to Brother to the Rescue

 

Hi!
I also have a Brother MFC 3420C

I am fairly satisfied on the whole, but definitely not with the colour
cartridge life! I printed precisely two photographs and a few days
later there was a message that one of the colour cartdriges was nearly
empty. After a few days (during which no colour printing was done) the
message told me that the cartridge was empty. The printer then locked
up and would not print anything (even in black) until this cartridge was
replaced. Fortunately, I bought all 3 colours as spares because a few
days later another one emptied and required replacement (no message re
the third yet). Only two photos is a disgrace. I know the automatic
cleaning process uses a little ink but that should be minimal.

 

Harry wrote:

sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> wrote in message
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Lord-Data wrote:
Get it fixed.

That might not be that easy look here
http://www.notgoodenough.org/index.php?page=50#aus

scroll down to Brother to the Rescue

Which goes to show what cunts they are to deal with.

There's just no way I am paying $200 to fix this machine
because that's more then 3/4 the cost of buying a brand
new one..

I will just wait till July and purchase a canon laser printer

 

[Harry]

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Harry wrote:
sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> wrote in message
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Lord-Data wrote:
Get it fixed.

That might not be that easy look here
http://www.notgoodenough.org/index.php?page=50#aus

scroll down to Brother to the Rescue


Which goes to show what cunts they are to deal with.

There's just no way I am paying $200 to fix this machine
because that's more then 3/4 the cost of buying a brand
new one..

I will just wait till July and purchase a canon laser printer

Just an opinion, but l really think kyocera are the best value laser

printers available. The toner alone is around 40% cheaper depending on the
model. I have used them for quite a few years now and swear by them. But
like l said, just my 2 cents worth.

 

[Lord-Data]

<sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> wrote in message
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Harry wrote:
sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> wrote in message
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Lord-Data wrote:
Get it fixed.

That might not be that easy look here
http://www.notgoodenough.org/index.php?page=50#aus

scroll down to Brother to the Rescue


Which goes to show what cunts they are to deal with.

There's just no way I am paying $200 to fix this machine
because that's more then 3/4 the cost of buying a brand
new one..

Shame it didn't happen while under waruntee .. most Brother issues we have
at work tend to happen within 12 months .. espially on that model ..

I will just wait till July and purchase a canon laser printer

Officeworks TaxTime sale starts on the 2nd, and will feature both a HP and
Canon Colour Laser printer at good prices, worth looking at ..

 

[Terry Collins]

Harry wrote:

Just an opinion, but l really think kyocera are the best value laser
printers available. The toner alone is around 40% cheaper depending on the
model. I have used them for quite a few years now and swear by them. But
like l said, just my 2 cents worth.

If you do a lot of printing, then Kyocer have the lowest cost per page.
If you only do occassional printing, then they are very expensive. That
toner you are buying is really just like a toner refill. Other toner
cartridges contain the drum, which isn't in the toner cartridge for
Kyocera. It is a seperate ceramic drum and costs a mongrel if it needs
replacing.

So with a Kyocera, you are getting cheap printing until the drum needs
replacing.

 

[Colin C]

"Terry Collins" <terryc.bling@woa.com.au> wrote in message
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If you do a lot of printing, then Kyocer have the lowest cost per page. If
you only do occassional printing, then they are very expensive. That toner
you are buying is really just like a toner refill. Other toner cartridges
contain the drum, which isn't in the toner cartridge for Kyocera. It is a
seperate ceramic drum and costs a mongrel if it needs replacing.

So with a Kyocera, you are getting cheap printing until the drum needs
replacing.

That's the wrong way to look at it. The small OKI and Brother lasers are
around $200

The OKI, Brother and Kyocera all take toner only.

With the Brother HL5140 and its ~$200 smaller model you get 6000 prints for
around $90 on a drum with a 30,000 copy life. Compare that to an say an HP
where refilled carts. cost $80 - $90 for 2-3,000 copies with a second hand
drum. And with the OKI you can reset the drum counter anyway as long as the
print quality is OK - none of the chip bullshit.

 

[Terry Collins]

Colin C wrote:

"Terry Collins" <terryc.bling@woa.com.au> wrote in message
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So with a Kyocera, you are getting cheap printing until the drum needs
replacing.


That's the wrong way to look at it. The small OKI and Brother lasers are
around $200

The OKI, Brother and Kyocera all take toner only.

And what are the drums in each of these?
Caveat, it is over a decade since I really looked in-depth.

 

[Colin C]

I only know the 1540 - around $200 retail on a printer that is $450 retail.
I paid $350 for mine - a 20 ppm, 16Mb printer. Doubt I'll live long enough
to put 600 reams through it.

I have an OKI 8z ( 8ppm) about 5 yo and it costs $30 odd for a refill for
2500 pages. It is on its original drum with my daughter.

( used daughter complaining about printing costs as excuse to get myself an
upgrade)



"Terry Collins" <terryc.bling@woa.com.au> wrote in message
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Colin C wrote:
"Terry Collins" <terryc.bling@woa.com.au> wrote in message
news:429d1087$0$33145$c30e37c6@ken-reader.news.telstra.net...

So with a Kyocera, you are getting cheap printing until the drum needs
replacing.


That's the wrong way to look at it. The small OKI and Brother lasers are
around $200

The OKI, Brother and Kyocera all take toner only.

And what are the drums in each of these?
Caveat, it is over a decade since I really looked in-depth.