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Originally Posted by Spectre_Cdn
Would you care to elaborate on how Brother inkjet printers are "terrible"?
My opinion is based on my personal experience with the Brother for three years, printing hundreds of pages of notes and reports for school. I do get the occasional paper jam, but nothing has broken on the printer.
A Lexmark multifunction inkjet that I had before my Samsung laser on the other hand, broke within a year of use when a plastic component in the print head mechanism broke. I didn't bother with Lexmark after that.
A new Lexmark with $5 cartridges? I'd be interested to know what model(s) they are, though I wouldn't buy one personally, after my experience. IMO.
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I used to sell printers for a living and people would come back w/ Brother inkjet printers a lot with problems. The print quality isn't great, the scan quality isn't great, etc. I'm glad you have had good luck with yours, but I wouldn't say your scenario is the norm for their printers. Older Lexmarks, Dells, HP Photosmart/Deskjet, and most Brother inkjet printers were constantly coming back with failures. Brother's professional series printers are fairly good and cheap to operate, but you aren't going to get one of those for <$100.
The Lexmark Pro 805, Pro901, and Pro905 all take a $5 510-page cartridge and, as mentioned in the post above, they come w/ a 5-year warranty. While it certainly isn't common to find them for <$100, it is possible. I've seen the Pro901 drop to $149 w/ 4 x free 510-page black cartridges and a free ream of paper and, with the $50 trade-in promo that was on and a $20 off $150 coupon, it brought the price down to $79 (@ Staples). If you see a similar promo, make SURE they use the $20 off $150 coupon first ($149 + Recycling fee puts it over $150), then have them take the trade-in coupon off. Some cashiers aren't hired for their brains.