asked on 9/4/2016

Not Replacing Printer Drum

Hi Experts,

Are there any side effects of not replacing a printer drum? I'm getting a message that the printer drum has exceeded its life expectancy, but it's still printing well.

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rindi

9/5/2016

John

9/4/2016

What printer? Without knowing, and assuming it to be 5 years old or newer, then yes you should replace it as a maintenance item.

APD Toronto

9/4/2016

ASKER

It's Brother mfc 5460dn (number maybe off, I'm not in front)

Yes it's 5 years, why should it be replaced when its printing?

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John

9/4/2016

I guess the other thing to observe is that this is a time / impressions warning message. It has gone the normal distance and Brother service statistics know roughly that it is due to be replaced.

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John

9/4/2016

I can see both sides of this discussion and that is why I asked how old. At 5 years, I look at replacing printers

APD Toronto

9/4/2016

ASKER

Drum $145; New COLOR Laser $200

rindi

9/5/2016

Probably the 4 toners also cost $50 each, so you can almost replace a printer after the toners are used up...

Printers and Scanners

A printer is a peripheral which makes a persistent human readable representation of graphics or text on paper or similar physical media. Traditional printers are being used more for special purposes, like printing photographs or artwork, and are no longer a must-have peripheral; 3D printing has become an area of intense interest, allowing the creation of physical objects. An image scanner is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image. Hand-held scanners, where the device is moved by hand, have evolved from text scanning "wands" to 3D scanners used for industrial design, reverse engineering, test and measurement, orthotics, gaming and other applications.

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