Brother DR210CL , Drum unit

Misclassified by Amazon

If you do not read the customer reviews, you may well buy the wrong product because Amazon misclassifies this product under Laser Toner. It is not toner, but the drum as some of the other customer reviews point out. I don't blame Brother for this, but I do blame Amazon. Now I have four drums I didn't need, and documents that I can't print today because I didn't get the toner I expect.

Brother printer cartridges

I received the product as promised and in a timely manner. Since I purchased the cartridges as spares, I have not had an opportunity to use them yet, but since they are new and not refurbished, I have every confidence they will perform well.

Very Please

I hade a 5 year old Brother Color Laser all in one that was on its last legs when I purchased this. If I had realized how much quieter and faster this one was I would have pulled the trigger a year ago. Very Please with this printer.....

Poor Quality Product and poor customer response

This product arrived with the yellow toner leaking inside the bag and all over the cartridge. When all was put in printer pages printed with red over a third of the page. Have sent 2 responses and haven't heard from the company.

JayInTn one-star review is inappropriate

JayInTn rates this OEM Brother product as one star becaue he admittedly didn't read the description closely and accidentally purchased these drums when he actually wanted toner. That's a bogus rating, friends. Since JayInTn seems unwilling to correct it, this product has an artificially low overall rating. The product itself is a five-star kit, actually quite reasonably priced for a set of four reprographic photosensitive drums. And JayInTn will need the drums eventually anyway, so his erroneous purchase is not in vain. Hopefully Jay will go back and read the reviewing tutorial.

If you're looking for TONER, this is not the product

This product are for drums only. The fact that it says Black,CYAN, Magenta and Yellow led me to believe I was buying toner. Unfortunately not. My mistake for not looking closer. Save your time.

Overpriced

I sent this item back, believing that it was supposed to have ink. I finally realized that I had to order ink separately. Bottom line, there prices for ink and drums can add up to the amount to purchase another printer annually.

Clarification re drum life and toner

Just a minor point of correction to the previous review that addresses the distinction between the DRUM units and the TONER cartridges: first, when you purchase the printer, it arrives with 4 drum units that ALREADY HAVE "STARTER" TONER CARTRIDGES IN THEM. This may be lead to some of the confusion, but, yes, they are distinctly separate products. Second, the previous review indicates that the drum units are good for "5,000" pages and that you would therefore replace the toner cartridges 3 times before replacing the drum. In point of fact, the drum life is rated at "15,000" pages. Consequently, you would replace the toner 8-9 times IF you use the TN-160 toner product --rated at 1,600 pages-- or closer to 6-7 times if you use the more economical TN-210 product which is rated for 2,100 pages.

Four drum ink cartridges for Brother color laser all in one printer

Havent needed to use any of the cartridges yet, but the $ value is excellent!

Why the 1 Star?

Quite simply: The Brother color laser printers have a separate drum (DR) for each of the four toner (TN)cartridges. The toner cartridges fit into the drums. The drums should last for 5,000 pages, but the toner cartridges are rated for 1,600 pages so you will have to replace the toner cartridges about three times before the drum unit needs to be replaced. The Brother printers clearly state the toner cartridge and drum part numbers that they use.

If the part number didn't tip off the previous reviewer, the price of the Drums should have. A set of 4 toner cartridges lists for $285, although you can purchase them on Amazon for around $200. The 4 drums are sold as a set and cost $104 on Amazon.

I just bought the Brother 9120 printer and it uses these cartridges. I also just ordered an extra set of the toner cartridges from Amazon and they arrived yesterday. The print looks great so the printer, drums and toner cartridges are all working together well.