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(More customer reviews)I have owned Brother Printers for quite some time. A major concern with any printer is the cost of the ink/toner. The printer companies have one of the greatest scams of any industry by providing the printer for a very attractive price only to in turn charge insane prices for the ink/toner. The TN-115Bk toner is one of four cartridges for my Brother 4070CDW color laser printer. The cost to replace all four colors is $369 - that is more than the printer cost.In an effort to save money one may be tempted to purchase remanufactured toner which cost about half the price of the OEM version.
The remanufactured toner and ink that I have used in the past was of inferior quality despite the wonderful promises by the remanufacturer of "same or better quality as the originals." Remanufactured toner cartridges' also tended to leak and the toner did not adhere to the pages as well as the OEM versions. Because of my past experiences I try to only buy the original manufacturer products.
The printer came with a very small toner cartridge and it needed replacing in a very short time. I then ordered a high yield replacement the TN-115BK and it didn't last very long at all. I could tell the cartridge had plenty of ink and even see ink in the little window on the cartridge but the printer was telling me to replace it and no matter what I did (shake it a twenty times, turn it upside down) the printer still said replace it. The toner cartridge was clearly half full and this was a way the manufacturer was forcing consumers to buy these outrageously expensive toners.
Out of frustration I searched the internet with a description of my problem and found a couple of very good solutions. I do not think Amazon will allow me to post them, but they are very simple to do (one involves tape) and I was able to get double the use of this toner cartridge! Using the absurd 5% coverage claim, if the cartridge was suppose to give 5000 total pages, then it reportedly gave out easily at the 1800 mark. After applying the suggestions from the internet I literal got at least another 2000 pages from the cartridge. It is very easy to tell when a cartridge is running low because the print quality will severely deteriorate. It was really insane the amount of toner that was still left in the cartridge and the printer was saying to replace it.
All of the manufacturers play the same game and as consumers we have to say enough is enough. There is no way that a gallon of ink should cost more than $1000.00. I brought my Brother Laser color printer when it was on sale and there is no way I could recommend it. The color print rendering is horrific and the toner cost is obscene. Once all of the toner runs out, I will trash the printer before I buy more. That is a real shame because we have enough electronic junk in our landfills and to have to throw away printers because it is cheaper to buy a new one vice buying replacement ink is wasteful in a way that our society cannot afford.
Unfortunately, I am unaware of any printer manufacturer who does not adhere to this model, I do know that when a manufacturer has designed their product to where it costs a small fortune to replace the ink and the consumer only gets fifty percent use of it, then it is a product I would not buy and a manufacturer I could not possible recommend.
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Genuine Brother TN115BK Black Toner Cartridge, Brother TN-115BK. Compatible For: Brother DCP 9040CN/9045CDN, Brother HL 4040CDN/4040CN/4070CDW, Brother MFC 9440CN/9450CDN/9840CDW
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