Customer Reviews

Brother LC41C Cyan Ink Cartridge

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This printer uses all ink colors even if you don't print! Every so often it primes the ink through all the cartridges. So yes, your friend can be using everything even if she never prints black.

Worse yet, as previously mentioned, as soon as ANY ink color goes low it will stop printing all together. Forget trying to get out those last few copies - it shuts down and refuses to even try even if ink is sloshing around in the low cartridge. If magenta is low, it won't even print out a standard black text.

The separate colors were a good idea, but it uses all the ink so fast that you are constantly buying all the new cartridges anyway.

Good brand. The only problem I have is when the inks run low and not out, the printer starts giving print error messages.

I thought switching from HP to another manufacturer was going to help out in cutting down on ink costs, but in the end they are all the same. This tank has average life, but not nearly as expensive as HP.

I had an Epson color inkjet printer two years ago. I exclusively used Epson ink cartridges until a reseller told me that I could save money by using his refilled cartridges. I bought the refilled cartridges and the resulting printer output was horrible. What was worse was that when I switched back to Epson ink cartridges, the print output never equaled its previous state.

What does the above have to do with my review of the Brother LC41C? Simple, that I refuse to use refilled cartridges, thus I am limited to the OEM cartridges. That being said, I have been very pleased with the LC41C. The ink lasts a fairly long time for me and the print output has not decreased from when I purchased the printer. I feel that the cost is reasonable, given that most printer manufacturer strive to make their profit by selling the ink cartridges.

In summary, I am very pleased with the cartridge' performance and price.

Is it true that using a Brother MFC-5440CN printer to ONLY print black text emails and word processing documents will also consume the three color ink tanks?
It seems to be true because that is the case with a friend's printer: she never printed color and all three color tanks have run dry and, unless the 3 color tanks were replaced, the printer refused to continue printing in simple black.

I was very pleased with InkPlusToner in regards to price and delivery. It's very hard to fine the single color printer cartridges for my Brother Printer and I will definitely use this company in the future for all my ink.

Thank you.

It is always a dilemma - genuine ink or generic. Genuine ink always works better but costs a lot more. If you want to keep your ink jet printer in top condition, you have no choice but to get robbed.

These are expensive cartridges, but Amazon has the best price for them. I have not had luck with generic cartridges, so I stick to Brother.

Quality and price - good deal. These are genuine Brother ink carts in original vacuum packaging, not remanufactured. Many ink carts on the web are remanufactured, but the listing does not make it obvious. This price is almost the lowest for new brand-name black, cyan, and yellow (why is magenta price much higher ??). When I tried the least expensive source, they were genuine but outdated or nearly so - probably surplus. These were very fresh, carts dated 2009.05 expiration (purchased 2007.09)

Product received much sooner than was expected which was great as I needed the ink cartridge. Price was very good and better than local stores even with shipping costs.