[TriLUG] Brother inkjet printer - not working

[Peter Neilson via TriLUG]

I tend to put mine out for recycling. I had an HP inkjet that would refuse  
new HP ink for no obvious reason. It was horribly big and noisy. I  
replaced it with a Bother 3075 or something like that.

Perhaps if you are cold some night this winter you can gather your  
friends, set it on fire, and enjoy the ambiance.

On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 13:43:09 -0500, mver via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>  
wrote:

> I have a Brother printer, Model MFC-5860CN, color inkjet printer with
> multi-sheet feeder, scanner, fax, copy and print facilities, IOW, the  
> works.
>
> It is old (maybe 10 years?)
> It will no longer do anything, on two separate computers.
> It reports: "Print Unable 50"  see trouble shooters guide....
> No button causes anything to happen. No paper seems to be jammed.
>
> One vendor says Brother printers cannot be repaired - cannot get parts.
>
> new printers are available at $60 and up. All that is needed is simple
> BW printing or color printing.
>
> Anyone out there want to save this critter from going to the
> dump/recycle places, or make it work and get paid for that?
>
> Current location - close to Meredith College, but can meet elsewhere.
>