Have a Brother DCP-3510 or 3550? Any good?

[Mr Pointy]

I need a new colour laser printer as my Epson has died, & the Brother DCP-3510/3550 models have been recommended on here before. If you have one is it good & would you recommend it? The running costs seem very high according to the Printerland site but I guess they are based on OEM toner cartridges. Anything I buy must have compatible non-OEM toner available as I've been stung on toner costs before.
https://www.printerland.co.uk/printers/brother/mul...

I like the look of the new Xerox C235 or C315 but non-OEM toner doesn't seem to be on the market yet.
https://www.printerland.co.uk/printers/xerox/laser...

The Brother DCP-3510 doesn't have a network port so can anyone recommend a reliable Ethernet/USB printer interface?

[TX1]

Have had a few Laser printers over the years mostly Xerox, last one was an Oki, lasted about 3 years before it started printing badly with vertical lines showing. I tend to print on thick labels so that might be the cause printers only only last me on average 3 years.
Now bought a Xerox Phaser 6510 and it is fine, it is quick and does what I bought it for, I think the multi function equivalent is the 6515, they both use the same toner which can be bought very cheaply, made sure this time that I bought one where I could use a smaller cartridge as the Oki was chucked away with 4 newish large toners + a new image drum.

[sgrimshaw]

Mr Pointy said:

The Brother DCP-3510 doesn't have a network port so can anyone recommend a reliable Ethernet/USB printer interface?

Just get the 3550, it's only £50 more, just not worth mucking about with Ethernet/USB print devices.

I have the 3550 and it's excellent, have recommended it to a good few people who have bought it and not regretted it.

When the time comes for toner replacement, there are plenty of 3rd party options.