Brother DCP-9015CDW
 

I just purchased a Brother DCP-9015CDW for £50. Does anybody have any life experience with this model or similar? Also where do I source parts other than Brother themself?

https://store.brother.co.uk/catalogs...dcp/dcp9015cdw

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I have the L3550CDW

Toners for your model on ebay very cheap

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123922383...6hdjUluvyEdA23

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Drums on ebay
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224601503...r=524317364777

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set of drums and toners

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224601503...r=524317364778

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you should not have to change the drum very often same as the toner . If it in low it might be worth changing both or wait for it to tell you what you need

Brothers are always the way to go even the newest models tend to have 3rd party consumables by the time you run out of what it ships with

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On Brothers site reviews mentioned compatible parts being rejected, is that true?

How are the compatible parts compared to OEM?

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I have never known them to be rejected my old mono printer had stupid cheap toners accepted. I guess Brother want you to buy their parts

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I don't fully understand the parts list I'll have to learn. Is there is sweet and simple understanding of it all please?

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Toner carries the powder think of it as a reservoir but of a dry powder

The drum gets charged by the laser and is what directs the toner to the paper so the drum is the most important part but lasts quite a long time

Drums normally last 4 or 5 toners so somewhere around 10000 pages

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you can reset the drum counter as long as you have no issues with your prints

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NovsDGY5RM

Re: Brother DCP-9015CDW
 

Have I purchased a dinosaur? Yours is newer.

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Its a discontinued model, first released 10 years ago.

What were you expecting for £50 ?

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:shrug:

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if it works even if you need toner and drums its not too expensive mine cost over £200 iirc

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Ah everything has a shelf life I'm not going keep up with it.

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thing is in theory if it has been hardly used it will not have deteriorated like an inkjet would

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If its currently functional, then its not a bad deal for that model (and a laser printer in general).

If you're going to have to start replacing bits, then its not such a good deal.