All Brother all the time.
For now at least yes. I would have said the same thing about HP 25years ago.
Brother. Don’t ever look at anything else.
My previous Brother laser lasted me over 14 years using only the original toner provided inside the box. I merely had to shake it once a year to redistribute the toner inside it.
Even if I had to buy another genuine cartridge during that 12 year run, it would have been worth it. I had to get another printer simply because that specific model had been discontinued for years, and I couldn’t find a replacement drum.
Not bad for a $109 printer.
HP cartridges barely last a month, costs $40 each, and if you don’t use it for a couple of weeks, they no longer work.
Had to buy an HP inkjet to make custom printed shirts for an event; never again.
That thing ended costing upwards of $200 for 2 months of use.
I’ll buy Brother and their genuine laser toner cartridges anytime.
I’ve been happy with my Brother printer. If you don’t need an inkjet printer, I highly recommend just getting a toner printer. The toner is significantly cheaper, for a significantly greater volume (at least it was the last time I had to buy some, which was ages ago).
Did well with Brother laser printer. Canon was okay.
I had setup a friend’s HP printer and noticed he was constantly switching to WiFi Direct in order to print. I did him the favor of connecting it to the AP, so he wouldn’t have to manually switch all the time.
The moment it got online, the printer locked itself down and refused to continue print until he paid for a subscription service on the ink.
My brother laser printer has been going for like 7 years. I bought a replacement drum head recently but that’s the only thing other than toner that it has needed.
Get a laser printer not an inkjet printer
Inkjet printers will crap out if not used constantly due to the ink lines getting blocked with dry ink
I’ve got a brother laser printer and it works great
Joining the brother bandwagon here
I’ve had a Brother MFC-9330CDW for a long time and it’s been great. No driver updates in like 5 years but don’t really need updates when everything works. I moved away from buying official Brother toner several years and buy a budget brand off Amazon. Basically 4 toner carts for less than the price of one official Brother cart.
Same model here. Love it!
Also Fuck Epson Ecotank series.
I’ve heard good things about it. What’s your take?
The “catch pads” are where they screw you over. They have to be changed regularly. My wife has had to change the pads more than buy new ink. And then you need a $10 code to reset the counter ON TOP of the pad.
Yes, this 100%. Had to bin my old Epson due to the waste ink firmware counter - despite taking the printer apart and redirecting the tank tube into a user emptyable container!
IMO Any “eco tank” inkjet printer with waste ink pads, instead of a user replaceable waste ink tank, is complete garbage
Lemmygizer’s had a bad experience, but our’s has been nothing but good. We’ve had an et-4550 for 6 years, and it’s been great. It’s done double duty since COVID WFH for 2 people.
If I were to replace it, I’d get another.
Our’s doesn’t have a rear load tray, which I miss. The auto-feed scanner works reasonably well. As it’s aged, it’s started to have feed problems with cheap, thin (18#) paper; this was solved by using 20# paper. Duplex printing is flawless.
The only thing I’ve ever bought for it was ink.
I had a color laser Brother once; that cost me more in toner and drums than refillables for this Ecotank. Speed and quality was better on the laser, but the thing also weighed a ton and was hard to move - you do not want to spill toner. I might try a modern laser again, but I’ve been pretty happy with our Ecotank.
Yes, we’ve got an Epson Ecotank too, its been great, and super economical on ink. Bought in the first covid lockdown when our HP shat the bed, still going strong. And its not made in China so another plus
It’s Brother: https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-laser-wi-fi-its-fine
We went with their black and white MFC which also does double sided ADF scanning… and I recently had a bit of FOMO when a colour MFC went on sale (ofc, for like three-four times the price, and at that price I might as well just print colour at a local print shop).
Brother. Mine, a laser monochrome, is 12 years old and works perfectly fine
Brother monochrome laser
Brother, my brother. My little HL1200 serves my needs nicely, is cheap to run with both genuine and third party toner,
and the company isn’t run by a bunch of greedy pigs. Probably the only printer brand I’ll ever buy again.Fuck HP indeed.Edit: discovered Brother plays that game too
Brother
Also here to shill Brother laser printers
Brother laser , no WiFi , no color , prints perfect everytime. Cost like 200 euro. Edit checked model HL-L23100
