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Title: Brother, where art thou!
Review: I too made a mistake and purchased a Brother HL-1450 laser printer. These printers consistently garner rave reviews and unfortunately I got suckered. All one has to do is check the customer reviews at Amazon.com or Epinions.com for the HL-12XX and HL-14XX printers to determine there are some significant print quality issues with any Brother laser printer utilizing the DR-400 image drum. Factor in the $120-$150 cost of a new drum every 2000 copies or so and you've got some serious operating expense. As advised by Brother technical support, I replaced the image drum to rectify the dreaded "gray background" problem, only to have it reappear roughly 2000 copies later. Imagine, a laser printer with a toner supply that outlasts the image drum. Needless to say, I will defer another drum replacement and use the money to purchase a new non-Brother laser printer.
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