Brother is one of the VERY few companies I'd choose without thinking twice. At least in terms of printers. So far, only had good experiences.
And now I realize that sounds like astroturfing.
And now I realize that sounds like astroturfing.
Generic cartridges are just find and you refill them easily.
HP probably would have been my only other choice if/when I have to replace my superb (and crazy cheap) Brother B&W laser but after reading this post I will never go near HP printers again.
Edit: just read about Brother’s nasty firmware update elsewhere in the comments here. Sigh. I guess I’ll just have to stop buying printers altogether.
There was no support on the new OS at all. With a lot of luck one could print b&w, but color never worked again.
I never experienced that using HP or Xerox.
IMHO, those are mostly personal experiences that lead to preferred manufacturers. For each story where one tells you he never had any issue you'll find one that for sure had issues.
the cost of the old Brother and then a new Brother at that point would have been cheaper than the cost of either the HP or the Xerox
and if you were using linux (and almost as often Windows too), the old drivers would have still worked.