Do laser printers (Brother 2230) come with starter drums, or only starter toners?

[tracerit]

I have two Brother 2230 laser printers that i'd like to get new drums for just in case and noticed that on amazon, the replacement drum (DR420) is $68 while a NEW Brother 2230 printer is only $67! at this point I might as well get a new printer but i'm wondering if the drum inside is a starter or an actual "complete" drum?

 

[hennessy1]

As far as I know drums, fusers, and developers are not classified as starter or full they are only one type.

The starter part is applicable to toners only I believe.

I think that is the whole point of buying a printer like that is that the parts cost more than the entire machine itself.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

The consumable status page should give you pages remaining info for the drum as well as the toner. If pages printed + pages remaining = ~12k, then it's a standard drum cartridge.

 

[bryanl]

Brother is unusual in providing full, regular toner cartridges with their printers.

 

[tracerit]

took a look on brother's specs page and it lists a starter toner and a dr420 (12,000 yield) drum so it looks like i'll be picking up two new printers.

thanks for the responses!

 

[OBLAMA2009]

i was going to say that their printers are so cheap (i got mine for $50 on sale at office depot) that it doesnt matter, just buy a new one