Brother DR350 Drum Unit by Brother Printer
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Digital camera reviews of Brother DR350 Drum Unit
Digital camera Review: Does NOT work with HL5250DN
Summary: 1 Stars
Despite what the little "Will This Work with Your Printer?" program says, this drum will NOT fit in an HL5250DN and the TN580 toner cartridge will not fit in the drum assembly!Digital camera Review: Does what it's supposed to do...
Summary: 5 Stars
"It works."
By the way you can extend the life of your old drum unit by quite a few pages by wiping the photosensitive part with a soft clotch. Also you can use the old drum for a long time (>1000 pages) after the alert comes on. Your mileage may vary.
Digital camera Review: Don't make mistake I did
Summary: 3 Stars
Don't make the mistake I did. While the Amazon description is fairly accurate, the description of this drum unit on other sites led me to believe it was a high capacity toner replacement. It is NOT. It is simply the unit in which your toner cartridge sits. It is not a toner cartridge.Digital camera Review: Drum With a Short Life
Summary: 2 Stars
The DR-350 drum that came with my original MFC Brother printer lasted about a year. I use this printer in a home office, with a moderate amount of printing. Since replacing the drum unit (twice), the life of the drum has been less than acceptable. Even with a new (not reburbished) drum, black streaks appeared on all of my printed pages. With the new drum installed, the printer unit message still indicated a new drum was needed.
This drum also comes as a complete unit with the TN-350 toner. I tried that as well, with the same results, PLUS I received intermittent messages that the toner was low only a week after installation, with minimal use.
Might be a drum unit problem; might be a printer problem. Either something is wrong with sensors in the printer, or the drum units are poorly constructed. Can't tell which it is, but either way, makes for poor printing quality.
Digital camera Review: Extend Toner Life (i.e, avoid getting ripped off)
Summary: 3 Stars
The cartridge that this drum holds will refuse to let you print after a certain time, alleging that the toner life is ended.
This will fly in the face of the evidence of crisp pages, with evidently a decent amount of toner left. This is not like the old days, where the pages continue to print, and the print quality degrades as toner dissipates. Nope, this is a "We'll decide for you when you go get another cartridge" move by the manufacturer.
Countermeasures against this ploy:
1. Shake cartridge, replace
2. After a while, #1 won't work. Then, open cover, Options, *00, close cover
2. After a while, #2 won't work. Then, get a black Sharpie and cover the laser window on the non-gear side of the cartridge.
Should get you closer to getting your money's worth.