Brother DR250 Drum Unit

by Brother

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.9 x 8 x 6 inches ; 2.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006B7QN
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: DR250
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Brother DR250 drum unit works with the TN250 toner cartridge (sold separately) to provide clean, sharp prints on your Brother fax machine or multifunction. You can expect an impressive lifespan of about 20,000 pages (based on 5% coverage) from this high-yield item. It snaps easily into place with minimal fuss, and is compatible with a wide variety of Brother models, including the DCP-1000, MFC-4800 and MFC-6800, and the IntelliFax laser fax machine models 2800, 2900 and 3800.

Product Description

Drum Cartridge - Black - 20000 Page

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars drum-med out update, October 21, 2004

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Ray (Honolulu, HI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brother DR250 Drum Unit (Office Product)

Since Amazon doesn't allow a person to write two reviews about one product, I am doing this review about the drum that goes with the Brother DCP-1000. In my review two years ago about the DCP-1000, I raised questions about the drum, which is the DR250. Since then I did replace the drum and also used only genuine Brother toner cartridges, and I have gone through three cartridge replacements (over 7,000 pages) without any print output problems. I have also complained to the company that made the toner refill that I had used on the first drum, and they have given me a full refund. Based on my experience, it seems that the Brother drum and replacement toner cartridge system results in a lower cost-per-page printed than similar laser printers using integrated drum-and-toner cartridges.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Genuine Brother DR-250 drum unit is the ONLY way to go for superior results; do not buy a compatible/clone, April 10, 2009

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Inspector Gadget (Honolulu, Hawaii) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Brother DR250 Drum Unit (Office Product)

As with the toner cartridge, only use the genuine Brother replacement drum unit for best & superior results. Replacing with a new drum unit renews the ultimate crisp, clean printing of a laser printer. This results in a far cheaper per page print cost (for us at ~2.1 cents per print including the price of paper, toner and the drum). I personally know several other Brother MFC-series laser printer all-in-one owners, and many still own printers that are much older than mine. They have shared their experience that "compatible" "clone" drums just don't cut it.

Here is my cost-use analysis for my Brother MFC-6800.

Drum = 25,000 prints = 0.0054 cents per page (based on $135 price @ Amazon.com)
Toner = 3,600 prints = 0.0072 cents per page (based on $25.92 per cartridge @ Amazon.com)
Paper = .0082 cents per page (based on $41.00 / case of 5,000 sheets @ Sams Club)
TOTAL: 2.08 cents / page (INCLUDES Drum, Toner & Paper costs)

Type of printing: Invoices, price sheets, promotions (heavy toner use due to graphics).

Other brands of laser printers have you change a drum unit with each toner cartridge. While that approach ensures the drum never gets dirty enough, your cost per print is far higher, with Consumer Reports calculating toner costs along at around 3 cents per page for other laser printers.

Our Brother MFC-6800 printer is now coming up on 6 years old and it has topped 70,000 prints. I expect this printer to last several more years. Not bad considering the original $249.00 investment.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Brother Drum Unit, November 10, 2006

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Office Magician (VA Beach, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brother DR250 Drum Unit (Office Product)

Works fine but the print is lighter than with the original factory drum unit. Seems like a remanufacture to me.