▲ 43 ▼ I just paid $10 to print 2 black and white pages. What printer should I get to never do that again? (piefed.social) submitted 11 months ago by Kraiden@piefed.social to c/asklinux@lemmy.world 22 comments fedilink hide all child comments Title. I'm annoyed. It's 18c a page, and $9ish shipping, but still. It's been a looooooong time since I've done anything with printers, so I don't know what my options are. Really I only have 2 requirements works well with Linux ink prices are sane any suggestions?
[–] enbee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 11 months ago (4 children) Brother laserjet. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 11 months ago (1 child) I agree, I have had mine for years at this point. A monochrome wireless printer. Maybe print out 10 pages a year and still works great. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago I bought a Brother black and white laser printer in 2019 or so. I print around 10 pages a month on average and I'm still using the starter toner cartridge. Not bad for a $100 printer in my opinion. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago If you start haunting your local thrift stores, there's a good chance you'll be able to pick up one in good nick for, like, 15 bucks or so. Throw in a $12 aftermarket toner cartridge and you'll be ready to rock and roll. I will say though, if you can test the printer at the thrift store, some brother printers have an issue where there's like a hammer on the side that is made out of a sticky cork substance, and when it breaks down over time, it will stick to the thing that it hammers on and not be able to print a second page. To fix that, it's a very difficult and expensive process of using a screwdriver to remove three or four screws and then putting a piece of scotch tape over the cork pad so that it won't stick anymore. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago yup. even their color laser printers are good. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 11 months ago (1 child) I agree, I have had mine for years at this point. A monochrome wireless printer. Maybe print out 10 pages a year and still works great. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago I bought a Brother black and white laser printer in 2019 or so. I print around 10 pages a month on average and I'm still using the starter toner cartridge. Not bad for a $100 printer in my opinion. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago I bought a Brother black and white laser printer in 2019 or so. I print around 10 pages a month on average and I'm still using the starter toner cartridge. Not bad for a $100 printer in my opinion. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago If you start haunting your local thrift stores, there's a good chance you'll be able to pick up one in good nick for, like, 15 bucks or so. Throw in a $12 aftermarket toner cartridge and you'll be ready to rock and roll. I will say though, if you can test the printer at the thrift store, some brother printers have an issue where there's like a hammer on the side that is made out of a sticky cork substance, and when it breaks down over time, it will stick to the thing that it hammers on and not be able to print a second page. To fix that, it's a very difficult and expensive process of using a screwdriver to remove three or four screws and then putting a piece of scotch tape over the cork pad so that it won't stick anymore. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago yup. even their color laser printers are good. permalink fedilink source parent