From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 28 21:37:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E50FF16A4CE for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:37:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd4mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6626243D58 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:37:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from flowers@users.sourceforge.net) Received: from pd4mr7so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr7so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.84])2004))freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:37:13 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml9so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.7]) by pd4mr7so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I9G00EDZC21BE70@pd4mr7so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:37:13 -0700 (MST) Received: from procyon.nekulturny.org (S0106000c41b2b9a3.cg.shawcable.net [68.144.45.143]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I9G00G2QC21C0@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:37:13 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:37:13 -0700 From: Danny MacMillan In-reply-to: <200412281454.58360.algould@datawok.com> To: "Andrew L. Gould" Message-id: <20041228213713.GB840@procyon.nekulturny.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline References: <001401c4ec49$d919f020$a23db918@D1TWQX41> <20041228143449.GA50323@keyslapper.org> <200412281454.58360.algould@datawok.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: Garance A Drosihn cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:37:15 -0000 On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 02:54:58PM -0600, Andrew L. Gould wrote: > > ... > > If you research Brother laser printers, you'll find that they get great > reviews during the first 6-8 months. After that period, most reviewers > complain about having to replace the drum, which is expensive. If > you're looking at Brother printers you should add the price of a new > drum into the purchasing price for decision making purposes. I have a Brother HL-1240 that I've used for several years with no problems. It gets VERY light duty, though. The salesperson did point out that it is designed so that the print head can be easily replaced. I always thought of that as a plus. -- Danny