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Re:Forced to sell chipless ink cartridges, Canon tells custo... by AuthorizedCust on Sunday January 09, 2022 @09:13AM (#29863367)
When the Brother laser printers need a drum change—sooner than I’d like—that plus the next toner cartridge are disturbingly close to the cost of a replacement printer.
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Re:Forced to sell chipless ink cartridges, Canon tells custo... by rahimnathwani on Sunday January 09, 2022 @09:56AM (#29863730)
It's annoying how much drums cost here in the US. In China, you can buy third party drum units for $15, which makes sense when the actual drum cylinder costs only $3:

https://m.tb.cn/h.fknJCKv?sm=88e645

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Re:Forced to sell chipless ink cartridges, Canon tells custo... by AuthorizedCust on Sunday January 09, 2022 @10:59AM (#29864373)
The Amazon reviews on third-party drums don’t give me confidence. Dig into the 2- and 1-star reviews, and you see a lot of quality or longevity issues.
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Re:Forced to sell chipless ink cartridges, Canon tells custo... by rahimnathwani on Sunday January 09, 2022 @11:06AM (#29864443)
I've used third party drums on HP (colour) and Brother (black and white) printers. The only issue I had was printing on transparencies on the HP: the toner would smear instead of adhering. No issues printing on paper.
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Re:Forced to sell chipless ink cartridges, Canon tells custo... by folmar on Sunday January 09, 2022 @03:35PM (#29867072)
I've had mixed experience with brand-name drums as well.
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