Quality aftermarket toner recommendation

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Scott3

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#303405 8-Feb-2023 11:34

Can anybody recommend an aftermarket toner they have had good results with?

Have a Brother MFC-L3770CDW, which we are very happy with.

Have run genuine toners up to this point (about 12,000 pages so far), after ongoing issues (mostly poor yeild & poor print quality) from aftermarket toners we used on a prior color brother laser.

But the high yield genuine colour toners (2300 page yeild) cost around $200 each, and I am now reluctant to spend this given we are not running a business a home (but still are doing a decent amount of printing). 3x colors + black sure add up.

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#3033295 8-Feb-2023 11:37

If you use genuine toner your warranty extends to 4 Years onsite. If you have are having quality issues and it's less than 4 years old and you only used genuine toners till this point, then I recommend calling them up and making it a 'them' problem. In my (extensive) experience Brother support is really very good.

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#3033425 8-Feb-2023 13:23

networkn:

If you use genuine toner your warranty extends to 4 Years onsite. If you have are having quality issues and it's less than 4 years old and you only used genuine toners till this point, then I recommend calling them up and making it a 'them' problem. In my (extensive) experience Brother support is really very good.

Sorry I was unclear.

On my current printer, (3770CDW), I have only ever used genuine toners, and everything is going well.

On my prior printer (mfc-9140CDN) I was using aftermarket toners, and having issues due to the aftermarket toner (largly poor yeild).

Just want to know if anybody has been satisfied with an aftermarket toner brand, so perhaps I can avoid ponying up $600+ for three new genuine color ones.

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#3033426 8-Feb-2023 13:27

Have reset the color that I have run out, so the printer will print the colour again. hopefully, I will get a few hundred more pages out of the cartage.

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#3033530 8-Feb-2023 14:19

We use Tonerdirect for office

running a 9120 Brother

No issues with yield, compatibility is fine

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#3033537 8-Feb-2023 14:41

I use ComputerFood - L7CDW, - Computer Food (consumables.co.nz)

Much cheaper and, while not the same quality as the branded supplies are acceptable for my use case.

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#3033541 8-Feb-2023 14:53

Only have standard laser printer (B+W) and just used consumables.co.nz as well, been good value and not noticed any issues in the years we've used them.

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