Posted by grapebed on 6/3/11 3:33pm
Msg #385097

Brother or HP Laser Jet printer...???

Which brand of printer is more reliable: Brother Laser Jet or HP Laser Jet?

Reply by MW/VA on 6/3/11 3:36pm
Msg #385098

You'll get mixed reviews, but I prefer Brother and found it less troublesome than HP.

Reply by Larry/IL on 6/3/11 4:21pm
Msg #385101

I use 3 different Brothers, oldest is about 5 years old with over 125000 pages. If your inclined Brothers are very easy to work on and inexpensive. I refill my own toner off ebay, (7000) pages for about $10-15$ same with the drum units, very inexpensive and sometimes you can find the roller and just change that. I even changed a Fuser that I obtained from ebay for under $100.

I think the HPs may be better printers but for the money and if your willing to take on some of the maintenance yourself you would come out way cheaper with the Brother.

Reply by nobhill on 6/3/11 10:18pm
Msg #385134

Brother is doable and they have generic drums you can replace for cheap you can install easily yourself on certain models. You can purchase cheap toner that lasts just as long as the Brother toner. I use the $129 Brother laser models. It's a good value. Not fast and doesn't have two trays, but I get around it.