On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 09:36, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > If you have a Brother HL-1040, HL-1050, HL-1060 or MFC-P2000, be aware that > they are the subject of a factory recall campaign. There is a problem with > the fuser cartridges (the expensive one) that can cause a fire. Details are > available at www.brother.com/usa. They'll give you the name of whoever > handles Brother service in your area. You'll have to take the printer there > along with a printed copy of the recall page, and they will replace the fuser > cartridge. In my case (Raleigh NC), the local guy says that the fusers are on > backorder, and they wouldn't/couldn't give me a date when they will have the > replacements. Moral: Call ahead. The upside is that mine is almost 4 years > old, and was probably due for replacement soon. > > Even though this message may be OT, I'm posting it because the recall has not > been widely publicized. I only found out about it by accident when I visited > the Brother site for another purpose and saw this little note up in the > corner of their home page. For some reason, Brother doesn't seem to have made > any attempt to directly contact registered owners, although they've never > hesitated to send me e-mails about their latest and greatest. (And yes, I > _did_ register my printer.) > > HTH someone -- > -- cmg > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
I got a recall letter for my HL-1040. I got it over a week ago. -- Ron Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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