Note: I've no idea why the uploader decided to rotate the image, when I've tried rotating the original image in a way that'd fix it only to see that it didn't matter
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Shit like this is why I refuse to have a printer in my house. Between the exorbitant prices for fucking INK, the suspense of "will it actually work?" each time I print something, and the printer itself usually sounding like two geriatric robots fucking, I don't need that kind of negativity in my life.
This is why I moved to a brother laser printer years ago. No drm on their toner it's a dry medium for printing. Everything is enclosed with in the printer so nothing gets covered in dust when sitting for too long. Oh and the best part is I get two xl toner that print 3k pages each for 20. Literally the first time I had to replace the toner the printer already paid for itself just in the savings.
She may be basic as fuck but for pushing 10 years of service. I wouldn't trade her for anything else.
I would love to buy laser printer, but sometimes we still need to print at home with colors.
They do make colour laser printers - but in the past 5 years, I've needed to print in colour maybe 3 times, and I just took it to the copy shop where it'd be better quality than I can do at home anyway.
Almost all the printing I do is either stuff to sign like contracts or boarding passes / tickets, and those are moving digital more and more.
I would consider printing in shops, but we are in countryside and driving almost an hour to nearest city is just not worthy.
Brother makes fantastic color laser printers too. I've had mine for 11 years, replaced the toner carts on it twice. They are NOT cheap - $200ish for cymk - but you'll get years of prints from them. It's not a photoprinter, but the resolution on it is great. Handles the whole family's print work, easy to access, no driver bullshit, just works out of the box.
I would rather pay a little bit more for toner if it works. I am serously thinking about color laser printer when my printer stops wokring. I was looking at some brother color laser printer for around 250€ which is not a lof if this stuff works. Photo quality isn't important for me, so I thinks this could work for us.
EDIT: Also, what about scanner? Does those laser printers have an scanner option?
Mine did not, not sure what's out there 13 years later. TBH, I have a flatbed scanner I used when my dad died (scanning photos) then when my wife's grandmother died (again) and then when my mom died (again scanning photos). Basically, it stays unplugged until unfortunate phone calls come in the middle of the night. If I need to 'scan' a doc my phone does a fine job.
Some brother printers have a fax and and scanner built in. It's a feeder though, not a flatbed. Could matter if you're trying to scan photos instead of documents.
I think the feeder is not a problem. We mostly scan documents. I will look into those brother printers when the one we currently use stops working
I had a Brother laser printer for a long ass time. I asked for it for a gift for either Christmas or my birthday as a teen because I'm a dweeb. It had an awesome feature called something like "continue print" or "print continue" or something that would force the printer to attempt to print even if your toner was low.
I think nowadays I've heard even Brother's newer models don't have this feature and will force you to replace the toner when it's low instead of just going until it physically can't anymore.
But after many years, the print head started printing funky and blotchy even with fresh toner and even after attempting to clean and fiddle with the corona wire. I'm sure someone that knew more than me could have figured it out eventually.
I was graduating from grad school at the time and just ended up chucking it in the bin when I moved, but it pained me a bit to do so considering how much of a tank it was. After I graduated I rarely need to print anything and usually just run to a print shop instead.
I wholeheartedly recommend Brother laser printers from the time, but I can't say whether or not modern ones are as good or not.
Buy a brother. They cost more but they are no bullshit printers - I'll never buy any other brand
Yep. The xerox one I got has done pretty well too. No drivers to download, for any device or OS in my home network. Shit just works.
Here's one:
https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-laser-wi-fi-its-fine
Look into epson ecotank printers
You fill up ink tanks on the printer from bottles of ink
I still got and older HP one that takes cheap refills. Screw you HP. I don't know what I'd do if that thing breaks. Luckily it only ever gets used like 2 or 3 times each year.
HP isn’t the only company that makes printers.
Fun fact: it’s really only HP that pulls this shit. Buy a printer from literally any other company and you’ll be fine.