I'm just an individual user supporting my own machines, so I focus, narrow but very deeply, on the ones I have. Not part of a service company or anything. But as far at the generic supplies specifically for the DC250, etc series, I haven't found anything yet that would be even remotely acceptable, regardless of how much cheaper it is. (Fuser rollers being the possible exception.)
This is what I've tried (specifically for the DC250) and my opinion of the results. (I won't get into whose products I tried or anything like that except by private message. This just isn't the thread for that.)
TONER - Complete failure. 0% usability.
(I've heard that there are some people selling toner from the very same manufacturer that Xerox uses. It is more expensive than I pay for the real stuff, though, so I've never tried.)
BELT CLEANER BLADE - Meager results. 25% usability.
(Doesn't last nearly as long as an OEM blade, and while you can clean an OEM blade and it will be good again for quite a long time, the generic blade couldn't be cleaned and reused. Just as bad after cleaning.)
PCR (color drum) - Mixed results. PCR's from one vendor worked pretty well, but PCR's from another vendor were complete failures from print #1.
(The tricky part is that the PCR's in question from both vendors looked, and were packaged, _I_DEN_TIC_ALLY_. Which makes me worry, like they're from the same source and that source has really bad quality control...)
FUSER HEAT ROLLER - Still testing two different manufacturer's products of these for a buddy, so far so good but too early to report.
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