Review on 🖨️ High-Quality Generic TN450 TN-450 TN-420 TN420 TN-420 Toner Cartridge for Brother HL-2280DW HL-2270DW HL-2240 MFC-7240 MFC-7860DW MFC-7460DN DCP-7065DN HL-2240D Printer by Brent Walker

This is my toner rating. This happens after using a cartridge as the "Replace Toner Warning Light" is now on. BACKGROUND: I am using a Brother HL-2270DW duplex laser printer. This is a great small business printer that I found on sale at a major computer store for $79. Much better and more efficient than previous pre-release lasers from Samsung, HP and Apple. I swap cartridges through Revain about every 5-6 months. , shortly after the toner replacement warning appears, my computers display a toner replacement warning. I used three Brother OEM cartridges before trying this compatible cartridge (see data points below). I got my page from the Printer Web Maintenance site. count the data points below when the "REPLACE TONER" warning appears. (FYI, the page count increases by 2 when printing a double-sided sheet on both sides.) My Brother "STARTER" cartridge used 804 pages. My first $46 OEM Brother TN450 cartridge printed 2680 pages, or 1.72 cents per page. My second $43 OEM Brother TN450 cartridge produced 2,510 pages, or 1.71 cents per page. My third $45 OEM Brother TN450 cartridge produced 1924 pages. , or 2.46 cents/page*My first COMPATIBLE Brother TN450 cartridge at $16.49 yielded 1,824 pages or 0.91 cents per page. Print quality is as good as my Brother OEM. At first the toner did not crumble, there was no smell and there were no problems with toner fixing. Only now, at the end, with the toner change warning, do I get light streaks (slight horizontal streaks).2. The price per page is still about double that of OEM cartridges at 0.91 cents per page. CONS: 1. My resource was 1811 pages (instead of the declared 2600 pages). Please note that I haven't had a great harvest even with a Brother cart.2. When the warning light came on, light streaks also started (OEM took about 100-200 pages after the warning when lighter prints started).3. I had concerns after reading some of the reviews but was willing to give it a try (see explanation below). MY THOUGHTS: 1. I don't understand why my toner performance is decreasing over time, or was it just the last two carts? It's also possible that we're printing denser than two years ago and I'm printing double-sided more often (anyone know if this has shortened toner AND drum life?)2. Part of my reasoning for using a compatible cartridge is that the drum is nearing the end of its life (about 20% left, total yield almost 12,000 pages). At this point I have to decide whether to buy a new drum (DR-420 OEM retail price is $70-90) or buy a brand new laser printer. I figured if this compatible toner was going to ruin my printer then at least I had used my Brother HL-2270 perfectly for the last 2 years and was ready to replace it with a brand new Brother laser printer. Hope this review helps. She. I will be purchasing at least one more compatible cartridge and hope to let you know after the next one. :-) My calculations weren't wrong - other members double-checked that. I'll try to steer clear of "cents per page", although I always thought that a good laser printer was only pennies per page printed. It's certainly cheaper compared to inkjet printers and (I'm dated myself) my still running Epson dot matrix printer and my chamomile printer (yes I repainted it myself). I even had an HP pen plotter in the early 1980s. We are all trying to say that this compatible toner costs less than a cent (one cent) per page. Update: My photoconductor failed before the next compatible toner. Printouts became lighter and lighter with horizontal stripes. My guess is that a worn selenium drum will accumulate less toner than a new one. After determining the cost of replacing the drum ($66) or replacing the entire printer ($120), I decided to stick with my trusty friend, the Brother HL-2270DW printer. , which is close to the manufacturer's recommended 12,000 pages. I changed it to 3% as light prints are not acceptable for work. Back then (October 9, 2013) I bought a BROTHER DR-420 OEM replacement drum for $66.05. There were no compatible drum kits available from Revain at the time (there is one as of December 2013 for $16-$18, but no stellar product reviews yet). bandage. I then decided to replace this compatible toner cart at 1514 pages (the toner seemed light to me). I turned to this replacement again, now for $13.20 (October 28, 2013). Now I think you will get less performance as the photoconductor is nearing the end of its life. My charts show a downtrend recession. I have yet to report how this compatible toner works with the new photoconductor. In any case, after replacing the drum and toner, my Brother HL-2270DW printer performed like new with dark, high-contrast printouts. No problem. Already 180 pages have passed, everything works fine. So far I'm happy with my decision to replace the drum and toner rather than buying a new printer. For all calculations, I disregarded the price of the printer, the price of the drum unit, and the price of paper. These calculations are based on current toner price and total page yield only. Even a small swap at 1514 pages only cost me about $13.20 to buy this latest compatible toner - that's $0.00872 per page. (less than a cent per page). CONCLUSION: It's cheaper than OEM cartridges which used to cost me $0.0171-$0.0246 per side (about 2p per side). Simply put, I spend less than half the amount per page when using compatible cartridges, not OEM toner cartridges. I bought this compatible toner again and am grateful for the good result. I hope this update helps you. Kudos to Brother for making a great little laser printer ;-) ***UPDATE 10-11-2015*** Thank you all for your interesting comments and I hope these comments help you. My Brother HL-2270DW is still gaining momentum. after 5 years. After the first year and a half I switched to non-OEM toner. My brother now has 15,720 lifetime pages and works great after a drum change as mentioned above. I've had good luck with almost all of them (except one NON). - OEM toner cartridge that came with small stripes). They are now sold for less than $10 a cartridge. My toner costs are LESS than a cent per page and I do NOT use a toner save mode. In general, during the mainframe era of the 1980's, I was taught to believe that a good laser printer would cost pennies a page. Non-OEM carts manage between 1500 and 2400 pages out of a claimed 2600 pages, I find them better economical than original Brother OEM cartridges. My income is less than a cent per page. I am very happy with my Brother printer and the decision to keep it and swap out the drum rather than buying another laser printer when the drum runs out. Thanks everyone and hope this helps!