Brother MFC (printer/scanner) Error 41--Fabulously f...ed

[Shannon Jacobs]

A public copy of my comments in reaction to this long thread:

http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/forums/inkjet/22817

Well, I didn't read all of this very long discussion, but quite enough to
conclude I've been pretty thoroughly had. I'm going to make a low-effort
attempt to contact Brother just to give them a chance to see what they have
to say in their defense, but I've already spent way too much time fighting
with this poorly designed and troublesome device.

I did have the machine for quite a while, but I never did print that much
with it. Fortunately, my primary goal was scanning, and I did do quite a bit
of scanning on it. Nevertheless, I don't really feel like I got my money's
worth out of it. Adding insult to injury, I only recently purchased more
ink. Brother's insulting profit added to my injurious loss.

One of my first printers about 25 years ago was a Brother daisy wheel
printer. It was satisfactory, but considering my experiences with this
expensive Brother MFC 5100C, I really can't imagine ever buying another
Brother product. To satisfy me now, Brother would have to have a time
machine to go back and avert all of my previous problems with this machine.
I'm certainly not going to throw any more good money after the bad.

 

[Shannon Jacobs]

Just adding the cross-posts I had originally intended... Sorry about that
glitch.

A public copy of my comments in reaction to this long thread:

http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/forums/inkjet/22817

Well, I didn't read all of this very long discussion, but quite
enough to conclude I've been pretty thoroughly had. I'm going to make
a low-effort attempt to contact Brother just to give them a chance to
see what they have to say in their defense, but I've already spent
way too much time fighting with this poorly designed and troublesome
device.

I did have the machine for quite a while, but I never did print that
much with it. Fortunately, my primary goal was scanning, and I did do
quite a bit of scanning on it. Nevertheless, I don't really feel like
I got my money's worth out of it. Adding insult to injury, I only
recently purchased more ink. Brother's insulting profit added to my
injurious loss.

One of my first printers about 25 years ago was a Brother daisy wheel
printer. It was satisfactory, but considering my experiences with this
expensive Brother MFC 5100C, I really can't imagine ever buying
another Brother product. To satisfy me now, Brother would have to
have a time machine to go back and avert all of my previous problems
with this machine. I'm certainly not going to throw any more good
money after the bad.

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[Homer J Simpson]

One of my first printers about 25 years ago was a Brother daisy wheel
printer. It was satisfactory, but considering my experiences with this
expensive Brother MFC 5100C, I really can't imagine ever buying another
Brother product. To satisfy me now, Brother would have to have a time
machine to go back and avert all of my previous problems with this machine.
I'm certainly not going to throw any more good money after the bad.

It's a mistake these days to assume that a brand name guarantees a quality product. Names like RCA, GE and Philips seem to rent out and are used to try to shift junk products. Even companies like HP and presumably Brother don't always guarantee a good purchase.