late to the conversation..but..I buy my ink cartridges from LD products, about $7 for HP OfficeJet Pro, and HP 950. Greg On Wednesday 27 June 2018 08:53:30 William Morder wrote: > Just got a Brother printer-scanner-copier-fax combo, model is MFC-495CW, so > if anybody has comments or recommendations from experience, I am all ears. > > Here is my model: > > https://support.brother.com/g/b/spec.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=mfc495cw_all > > I don't have a lot of money to spend (much less to waste) on printer > cartridges, for example. (A couple years ago I bought a 12-pack of HP > cartridges for my old HP 825c, but before I could actually use them, the > ink dried up! I don't want to go through that again.) > > I managed to download the drivers for Debian, the product manual, > researched everything I could think of, but now it comes to spending my > last few bucks (literally) on the second-most expensive substance* known in > human history, so I hesitate before using my debit card. > > [* laser toner refills are more expensive than refills for inkjet] > > Brother, of course, "strongly recommends" not to use third-party, or > refillable cartridges, etc., but I don't have a warranty, anyway, as I got > this thing used. > > Has anybody else tried the third-party replacement cartridges or > refillables? > > I'll have more questions about set-up, I'm sure, once I get my cartridges. > Everything seems to work fine, except for no ink. > > Bill > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional > commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list > messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
