The original discussion in Reddit is from May 2025. I wonder what new information is available since then.

From the linked post, my takeaway is to look for a Brother color laser printer.

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Inkjet = printing ink more expensive than blood per liter

-> Laser = incredibly long lifetime for a cartridge (afaik unused ink, that doesn’t stick to the paper, gets filled back into the cartridge)

Color Laser printers have a much higher price point, but they last much longer and are not designed to use up Color’s for black printing like inkjet does.

Inkjet is one of the worst scams I know of.

Also inkjet use up ink without usage. Time alone will decrease % of each cartridge. My laser uses the same cartridge since like 2015, and got used before too I guess, because I was gifted the printer.

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