Product Description

The Brother DR350 Drum Unit. For Use With: DCP-7020, IntelliFax-2820, IntelliFax-2910, IntelliFax-2920, HL-2040, HL-2070N, MFC-7220, MFC-7225N, MFC-7420, MFC-7820N

Product Details

• Color: Black
• Brand: Brother
• Model: dr350
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 4.50" h x 8.20" w x 14.10" l, .0 pounds

Features

• Dedicated drum unit provides clean, sharp prints
• Works with TN350 toner cartridge (sold separately)
• Snaps easily into place
• Expected 12,000-page life based on 5% coverage
• Compatible with Brother HL-2040 and HL-2070N laser printers; 2-year shelf life

From the Manufacturer
The Brother DR350 drum unit works with the TN350 toner cartridge (sold separately) to provide clean, sharp prints on your compatible Brother laser printers and multifunction units. You can expect an impressive life span of about 12,000 pages (based on 5% coverage) from this dedicated drum unit. It snaps easily into place with minimal fuss and is compatible with a wide variety of Brother models, including DCP-7020, MFC-7820, MFC-7420, and MFC-7220, and laser printer models HL-2040 and HL-2070N. The package includes one drum unit.

Customer Reviews

Extend Toner Life (i.e, avoid getting ripped off)
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.

Buy HL-2040 printer (with new drum) for less money
The brother HL-2040 printer often goes on sale for 65 to 70 bucks. Just throw away the printer but use the DR-350 drum and the starter toner cartridge ($25 worth of toner).

This trick, plus the tape-over-hole trick for extending toner cartridge life, reduces your consumables cost by 40%. Well under 2 cents per page...better than any other laser printer I know of.

Drum With a Short Life
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.