Brother MFC 240C 4 IN 1 DOES THIS PRINTER USE INK CARTRIGES AS WELL AS THE HP PRINTERS? I HAVE A HP DESKJET 842C. I REPLACED MY #15 BLACK CARTRIDGE AND PRINTED 700 COPIES SO FAR WITH IT. WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT FROM THE MFC 240C?IF A COLOR CARTRIDGE RUNS OUT OF INK AND YOU WANT TO CONTINUE YOUR PROJECT IN BLACK AND WHITE, WILL THE MFC 240C ALLOW YOU TO CONTINUE YOUR PROJECT WITHOUT RUNNING OUT TO PURCHASE ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PROJECT? Brother MFC 240C 4 IN 1 DOES THIS PRINTER USE INK CARTRIGES AS WELL AS THE HP PRINTERS? I HAVE A HP DESKJET 842C. I REPLACED MY #15 BLACK CARTRIDGE AND PRINTED 700 COPIES SO FAR WITH IT. WHAT... » Read More Brother MFC 240C 4 IN 1 DOES THIS PRINTER USE INK CARTRIGES AS WELL AS THE HP PRINTERS? I HAVE A HP DESKJET 842C. I REPLACED MY #15 BLACK CARTRIDGE AND PRINTED 700 COPIES SO FAR WITH IT. WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT FROM THE MFC 240C?IF A COLOR CARTRIDGE RUNS OUT OF INK AND YOU WANT TO CONTINUE YOUR PROJECT IN BLACK AND WHITE, WILL THE MFC 240C ALLOW YOU TO CONTINUE YOUR PROJECT WITHOUT RUNNING OUT TO PURCHASE ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PROJECT? « Show Less
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Most Brothers of this size are designed to not operate at all if any of the cartridges run out. In fact, you cant even use any of the other features such as scanner or fax, which I think is kinda dumb. Oh and be very careful you dont bump this thing cus it will show you have empty cartridge when it still has plenty of ink so now you cant use anything. Good luck..I wont own another one.
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1. Brother's own estimate is 500 pages at 5% coverage for Bk,400 pages for Y, C, and M.2. Brother's own answer, in my paraphrase, is "no, all cartridges must be usably full."
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I'm not sure . That never happen to me . Ran out of black ink and was able to still print in color. But not sure if it works the other way around.
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I'm using generic ink with no problems. I don't print that much so I don't know about the printer using a lot of ink. Anyway I can get 4 ink cartridges, one of each color and black for less than $14 mailed to me with free shipping, so I don't worry about ink usage. I love this printer / copier. No more running to the library to make copies. Hope this info helps....
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Hello. You have a choice of two cartridges for black with this machine. The Brother TN-331BK or the TN-336BK. The TN-331BK is the low yield cartridge that gives up to 2500 pages based on 5% page coverage. The TN-336BK yields up to 4,000 pages based on 5% coverage. Honestly, for someone doing higher volume printing (500+ pages per month) the TN-336BK is the only real choice. The price different is not that great. Overall this is a very economical printer.
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This is my second HP Officejet all in one and I have used nothing but hp cartridges. I also take my enpty cartridges to Walgreens and have them refilled one in a while. The blacks had no problems, but one of the #22 didn't work like it should. You should find the cartridge # in your printer. Besides the 21/22 combo, mine will take a black 54. Hope this helps.
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John, unfortunately I have no answers for you. The last print job I attempted to use the Brother for was URGENT and imperative that I have it that evening. After much frustration and approximately 2 dozen sheets of wasted paper I finally gave up, emailed the document to my neighbor and got her to print it. I suggest you buy another printer, HP, Epson or Cannon and have it on hand. I have had all three and got good service from them. The best was the HP. The Brother Printer did not even last long enough to use the print cartridges I purchased when I bought the printer! The Printer went into the trash, ending a constant source of frustration I would not wish on my worst enemy. I have these new ink cartridges setting here to remind me to NEVER EVER consider another Brother Product.
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http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/BSC/public/us/us/en/faq/faq/000000/002400/000061/faq002461_005.html?reg=us&c;=us〈=en∏=mfcj870dw_us_eu_as&Cat;=103It looks like the printer will print in black and white if the printer is set to print in grayscale or black and white only mode. Otherwise it will try to mix the colors to produce black. I am not sure how long it will allow this before requiring you to replace the color cartridges though, because it still requires enough color ink to perform the print head cleaning operations.
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The cartridge for the xp400 is different from the workforce 725 series. I checked on the inkreloader site, and they don't offer it for your printer, yet, probably because it's a printer all-in-one that has not been out very long. You can send the seller a message through Amazon and ask if they intend to have these cartridges for your printer. They are absolutely amazing, no leaks, etc, and the color is better than Epsons. I have had these cartridges for about a year now, and they do not dry up, like what one commentor said. He probably had a dried up printhead to begin with. I have refilled two of them, and they still work great. I hope this company never goes out of business. The cartridge for the xp400 is different from the workforce 725 series. I checked on the inkreloader site, and they don't offer it for your printer, yet, probably because it's a printer all-in-one that has not been out very long. You can send the seller a message through Amazon and ask if they intend to have these cartridges for your printer. They are absolutely amazing, no leaks, etc, and the color is better than Epsons. I have had these cartridges for about a year now, and they do not dry up, like what one commentor said. He probably had a dried up printhead to begin with. I have refilled... » Read More The cartridge for the xp400 is different from the workforce 725 series. I checked on the inkreloader site, and they don't offer it for your printer, yet, probably because it's a printer all-in-one that has not been out very long. You can send the seller a message through Amazon and ask if they intend to have these cartridges for your printer. They are absolutely amazing, no leaks, etc, and the color is better than Epsons. I have had these cartridges for about a year now, and they do not dry up, like what one commentor said. He probably had a dried up printhead to begin with. I have refilled two of them, and they still work great. I hope this company never goes out of business. « Show Less
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I have not tried it without the color cartridges. I'm still working with the original ones that came with the printer. Actually, I'm still using the original black cartridge. I've had this printer since Oct. 2014 and print about (20-30) 42"x30" construction drawings a week. Mostly black. Why not just set the printer properties to black only to save the color ink. If you need the color at some point, you'll have it. I'm assuming you don't own this printer, otherwise you could have found out for yourself.
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HP says it will print up to 450 sheets or 250 photographs. But I wouldn't buy it from Amazon. I bought a black and tri color last year, and had nothing but hang-ups and "check cartridge" messages with them. So I went back to Costco and bought the pair, black and tri-color, and voila, no more problems. I have a feeling the supplier to Amazon is selling refilled cartridges, so beware.
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Steven, can you please comment on the color ink usage of the Pinncale Pro 901 printer? Also, if possible, please update on the black ink usage? Thanks a lot.
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Yes, black always runs out first. I purchase the 241XXL, lasts longer. The color has less ink as the cartridge shares the container with three separate colors. I haven't been able to purchase the color cartridge in XXL. You can set your Canon to only print in black ink to save the color for more important printings. I am a writer, so I use more black than color anyway. I plan to purchase an HP Laser to print my black print as the toner cartridges will print thousands of sheets of black type before running out, and you have plenty of notice. Worked for HP for almost 20 years. Don't get me wrong, I love my Canon color printer, but it can get pricey when it comes to toner, as all ink jets do. If you choose to refill your cartridges by injecting ink into the cartridge, you must do so when the cartridge is runnign low, as the printer has a sensor and will not allow a cartridge that has run dry to be refilled and used. I have no idea how it senses this money saving technique, but it does. You can save mucho bucks by doing this if you have the patience.
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I like my printer a lot, and it's so easy to use. i'm not sure if it uses a lot of ink compared to others. I always order the ink/paper packs from Amazon.
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The inability to print something when any of the color cartridges is empty may be a difficulty with many (most? all?) color printers these days. I know in the past when one color ran out, I would still be able print something that just used black ink, but that's not possible with my current color ink jet printer (a Brother all-in-one). I do very little color printing, and I find it cheaper though space-consuming to own two printers, the color inkjet and a laser printer for documents that only require black ink.
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The one thing I love about the HP F380 was that if the color runs out, I CAN STILL PRINT WITH BLACK ! ... Many printers will not print If one cartridge is out (even I only want to print in B&W;)
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I have just tested it myself and it doesn't require a color cartridge to be installed. It will use up more of the black ink, since even black & white printing use up color ink. They use it to somehow help the black ink printouts survive longer. So if you don't mind losing those advantages...I think this particular feature is called "Reserve Mode" by HP. The only information I could find on it is for another HP printer, but with the same type of integrated cartridge/printhead as our HP Deskjet 3050 printer. https://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&dlc;=en&docname;=c00377367&lc;=en&product=357202More on HP Ink cartridges at http://h10060.www1.hp.com/pageyield/en-019/articles/howInkIsUsed.html?cCode=us%20target= I have just tested it myself and it doesn't require a color cartridge to be installed. It will use up more of the black ink, since even black & white printing use up color ink. They use it to somehow help the black ink printouts survive longer. So if you don't mind losing those advantages...I think this particular feature is called "Reserve Mode" by HP. The only information I could find on it is for another HP printer, but with the same type of integrated cartridge/printhead as our HP Deskjet 3050 printer.... » Read More I have just tested it myself and it doesn't require a color cartridge to be installed. It will use up more of the black ink, since even black & white printing use up color ink. They use it to somehow help the black ink printouts survive longer. So if you don't mind losing those advantages...I think this particular feature is called "Reserve Mode" by HP. The only information I could find on it is for another HP printer, but with the same type of integrated cartridge/printhead as our HP Deskjet 3050 printer. https://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&dlc;=en&docname;=c00377367&lc;=en&product=357202More on HP Ink cartridges at http://h10060.www1.hp.com/pageyield/en-019/articles/howInkIsUsed.html?cCode=us%20target= « Show Less
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My black ink lasted 4 months before I ran out. and I printed approximately 600 pages. My Brother model has a ink saver mode which I use unless I want a very bold print.