The introduction of chip cartridges: A throwback of Brother

Previously, there was one thing about Brother printers that should lift these devices from all other printer manufacturers. As the only printer manufacturer, the company did not produce printers whose cartridges have chips. I have my second DCP 195C. The first device had so done me good service that I bought the identical device simply again. The first machine I used transparent Easy-refill cartridges (Transparent cartridges with rubber stoppers that you simply pull out the finger and so could fill refill simplistic). On the second unit I used cheap cartridges for a Euro the piece (and this was already the more expensive compatible cartridges, not the cheaper ones). The print was so so ridiculously cheap that the price savings when refilling against the cheap cartridges really was something only for most inveterate bargain hunters.

The real reason of the benefits of Easy-refill cartridges lay in because I thought here I could use better quality ink. I used refills from Inktec. The ink of this brand was said to tests to be able to even make the original inks in the shadows. The cheap cartridges I could not know what is in it for liquid. After the first printer then failed after countless print, I thought perhaps he had held with cheap cartridges refills instead of longer. Sure I can not say that today.

It was clear that the model DCP 195C sufficiently clearly put pressure capacity and for geblechtes Bares the powerful HP printer, which I had previously in the shadows. Even if the prints from HP (Officejet 6000) provided little prettier colors and the printer of the creation process easier fell from his hand, so settled with the Brother machine quite a bit save. What was the reason?

To my knowledge, had all manufacturers chips used at the time of their cartridges. These combine after insertion of the cartridge to the printer. On the chip each printing operation is stored and after a certain number of pages a cartridge delivered the chip simply says: ". This cartridge is now empty." How much liquid is actually still in the cartridge, it is completely irrelevant. Says the chip the printer or about the PC, the cartridge is empty, so can not use the cartridge.

If the cartridge is empty, before the chip says it is empty, you can still refill and so print until the chip says the thing is empty. We now had two options if you wanted to get out of a cartridge case more. Either you got the chip or a device with which to chip could be reset. An alternative for refilling were since ever the compatible cartridges from NoName manufacturers. What had to score with replica chips. This option did not speak necessarily meant to mess up the printer with cheaper ink. The original manufacturers to sell their products only vastly overpriced. The differences are perhaps just as ... as between brands and private label products in the supermarket. Eben trivial, if not sometimes a store brand proposes an original product. What tests quite well could disclose already.

Of course, the producers were not necessarily enthusiastic about the compatible cartridges. Because they took the major manufacturers, the largest source of income: the cost of the consumers for the Consumable precisely the cartridges. What gains can be achieved here, will become clear when one considers what is worth the ink and the little they enveloping plastic. Due to the lack of interest of the manufacturer to mock cartridges and refilling the original cartridges, the chips come into play. HP, the Officejet 6000 model I had in front of Brother DCP 195C, managed even to bring such a high-tech electronics to the cartridges that both the resetting of the chip as well as the replica for foreign manufacturers remained impossible. So I sold my HP printer and bought by intensive Internet searches on "cheap printing" a Brother.

In the meantime, the HP printer had company of an Epson Multifunction (Stylus SX110). This I had bought only because of the built scaners. Multifunction devices are cheaper than a single Scaner buying. Since there was no way to cheap printing with the HP printer, I got myself kompabtible cartridges for the Epson device. Unfortunately, the NoName-cartridges were not detected with replanted chip from the device. Several attempts with compatible cartridges from other manufacturers I wanted to because no longer do. Once again, the sophistication of the manufacturer to beat the third-party cheat and retain the printer seater to the original cartridges showed.

The advantage of the Brothers was in the chipless cartridges. At that time, all models of Brother probably had no chips. In my parents' house has been working a printer of this manufacturer. Likewise, I had in the study had countless students that different A4 and A3 printer from Brother. All appreciated the chipless printing. The us just one parte insane amount of money on the study.

So I find it annoying that it is precisely this anomaly between the printer manufacturers now strikes the same route as the competitors. In the here-rated printers come - perhaps as one of the first made by Brother - chips on the cartridges used. So far, I thought, the company just think socially and produce pure charity printer that can be easily operated with compatible cartridges. This was either never or is no longer the case.

By the chips compatibly cartridges are more expensive than they were before. The printing costs are rising at twice. The reason is that the replica of the electronics precisely also costs something. And not only ink and the casing must be copied.

Conclusion

To date, the cost of printing still hold within. But I can to anyone who currently have to buy a new printer itself, to recommend that you get yourself one of the older chipless devices from Brother. This print considerably cheaper because compatible cartridges cost less. Or Easy-refill cartridges can be employed.

Here it is expected that the company Brother follows the competitors and tries to placken increasingly complex electronics on the cartridges. So resetting or reverse engineering of the chip is becoming increasingly difficult. This means the entry into a new Dark Age. At least when it comes to printing costs. -D

Under certain circumstances, it may even be advisable to sooner rather than later, a device to buy stock before you really need it. Because it will surely come not reverse the trend that you return again to chip loose cartridges or easily copyable chips. Why make the consumer even non buying their own original cartridges tasty?

In short, I can not recommend this if possible rather have to take an older model, the cartridges do not have any chips. What has been briefly at additional costs compared to the MFC-J245, has - at least as much printer - prompt return through a lower price cartridges out. And if can always equal better mean new, so that could be expected from a newer printer more, I can in any case doubtful. Minor additions made by comment.