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Asking a Linux user to recommend a printer (tesseract.dubvee.org)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/linuxmemes
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BTW, I've had my Brother laser MFP for 11 years and still on the original toner.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A simple black/white laser printer for documents and more importantly, shipping labels. It would be annoying for anything that you're returning to have to print out the packing slip and label at the local shop. Then anything that you actually need color or quality printing, just send it out to get printed at the local shop.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

It's also annoying to buy expensive ink, debug printer issues and have the printer take up space in your home. Guess it's a matter of what annoys you more

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah that’s the crap a Brother laser printer makes go away.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Brother, you just described why I bought a toner based printer. The ink is cheap AF, doesn't dry out, doesn't require frequent test pages, doesn't brick if I disable the ink subscription because I don't print that much, the drivers are all released GPL by the printer company, and it can just sit on a shelf I wasn't using anyway. I haven't looked at it in weeks and as an added bonus I dropped the print contrast to increase the longevity of the toner cartridge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Good for you

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I said to buy a laser printer and you're complaining about ink. Tell me you don't understand what we're talking about without telling me. I last spent $60 on toner in 2019 and the printer still works great. 5 years of printing when I need it is worth the cost instead of driving to staples every time even though it's literally 2 min away.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Hm, looks like I equated laser printers with ink ones. I have no experience with laser printers, so they may actually be a lot better. Still, the upfront cost of printer plus accessories is not worth it for me when I print so rarely