I bought a Brother printer in June 2014 which has been used to print fewer than 200 documents,
most of which were little more than single sheet text files.
I last printed a text document about four days ago.
The printer runs a self test and cleaning procedure once per week and it did this yesterday. Today, it won't switch on.
I checked the fuse and used a meter to make sure that there is power being delivered by the cable.
I found a procedure to supposedly fix this by unplugging it and reconnecting power with the power button pressed
but after three attempts, this has not worked.
It is outside its one year warranty
but I have often read about how consumer goods are covered by EU law
for longer than the stated warranty period under certain circumstances
and I am wondering if that might apply to this situation;
i.e. that a printer which has had light use ought to at least switch on.