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Re: [trinity-users] Brother printer - comments?

From: William Morder <doctor_contendo@...>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2018 14:56:24 -0700

On Thursday 28 June 2018 14:37:45 Greg Madden wrote:
> late to the conversation..but..I buy my ink cartridges from LD products,
> about $7 for HP OfficeJet Pro, and HP 950.
>
> Greg

Thanks much! It's all grist for the mill. 

Bill

>
> On Wednesday 27 June 2018 08:53:30 William Morder wrote:
> > Just got a Brother printer-scanner-copier-fax combo, model is MFC-495CW,
> > so if anybody has comments or recommendations from experience, I am all
> > ears.
> >
> > Here is my model:
> >
> > https://support.brother.com/g/b/spec.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=mfc495cw_all
> >
> > I don't have a lot of money to spend (much less to waste) on printer
> > cartridges, for example. (A couple years ago I bought a 12-pack of HP
> > cartridges for my old HP 825c, but before I could actually use them, the
> > ink dried up! I don't want to go through that again.)
> >
> > I managed to download the drivers for Debian, the product manual,
> > researched everything I could think of, but now it comes to spending my
> > last few bucks (literally) on the second-most expensive substance* known
> > in human history, so I hesitate before using my debit card.
> >
> > [* laser toner refills are more expensive than refills for inkjet]
> >
> > Brother, of course, "strongly recommends" not to use third-party, or
> > refillable cartridges, etc., but I don't have a warranty, anyway, as I
> > got this thing used.
> >
> > Has anybody else tried the third-party replacement cartridges or
> > refillables?
> >
> > I'll have more questions about set-up, I'm sure, once I get my
> > cartridges. Everything seems to work fine, except for no ink.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> >
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