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Fred Bloggs · 19th July 2008, 16:16

I had a Brother MFD that did it all. I used about 2 sets of inkjet cartridges in a year, so it wasn't heavily used. 1 month outside of the 1 yr warranty it gave a error message on the LED screen. To cut a long story short the message meant "give us a load of money", more than the cost of a new machine. Brother would not sell me the part to install myself. I chucked it and bought a HP that has been trouble free so far. It grieved me to throw away such a complex piece of kit for a relatively minor fault.

(I should add here to be fair that the 4 toner cartridges for the HP (laser) machine will cost more to replace than the cost of a new machine when the time comes. Ho hum......)

19th July 2008, 16:16	#2
Fred Bloggs Fingers like lightning Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 503	I had a Brother MFD that did it all. I used about 2 sets of inkjet cartridges in a year, so it wasn't heavily used. 1 month outside of the 1 yr warranty it gave a error message on the LED screen. To cut a long story short the message meant "give us a load of money", more than the cost of a new machine. Brother would not sell me the part to install myself. I chucked it and bought a HP that has been trouble free so far. It grieved me to throw away such a complex piece of kit for a relatively minor fault. (I should add here to be fair that the 4 toner cartridges for the HP (laser) machine will cost more to replace than the cost of a new machine when the time comes. Ho hum......)