On Friday, May 9, 2003, at 07:27 Australia/Sydney, Dave VanHorn wrote:

> Is there a list somewhere of which printers use "Chipped" carts?
> I don't think I want to buy something like this, where the vendor is
> actively working against me.

This post just gave me a horrible thought! I thought the chipped
cartridges idea was abandoned?

I just purchased a new Brother HL-5040 Laser Printer. It *seems* to
have the same engine as many other Brothers that we have purchased -
HL-1240, HL-1440 etc. and when I questioned the vendor, they said it
used the same drum unit and toner cartridge as the previous units.

When the printer arrived, the drum and toner units DID in fact look
exactly like our others. Same physical dimensions (and the printers all
have the same resolution), however the drum and toner cartridge have
different part numbers.

The very first thought that crossed my mind was that these were in fact
the same drum and toner units - only chipped. I quickly discarded this
thought, as I had thought that the chipped cartridge idea had been
abandoned. :-(

> Last time I checked, my HP carts were costing me $6000/Gallon for ink.

LOL - This is an interesting way to look at it! In the case of the
Brother Lasers, they offer quite a lot of machine for their pricing.
However a drum and toner unit will set you back almost as much as a new
printer! Based on Australian pricing, a new printer will cost say $449
with a toner cartridge around $130 and a drum unit around $250 ~ $260

By the time the drum unit has gone (18,000 copies, I think), you may as
well just shout yourself a new printer - or is that what they want us
to do? :-)

Regards,

Sean

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