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[-] Naich@lemmings.world 43 points 7 months ago

100% laser printer. My Brother laser paid for itself the first time I bought a set of cheap toner for it. I don't understand why people buy/rent inkjet ripoffs.

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago

I spotted one on the curb and thought it was an Epson at first glance. Took another look and saw it was a BW Brother laser the internet nerds are always going on about. I took it inside and dried the water off from the rain that just started, and was ready to take it back out to the curb where I found it whenever I discovered why it was put outside.

That thing is rock solid.

My girlfriend insists on having her Canon inkjet for color, and that thing bugs out at least once a month. Her mom's HP has been a nightmare for me to deal with over the time she's had it. This trash Brother has been the best home printer and scanner I've had in my near 30 years of computing. It's still going on the toner it came with, not that I print much. Any wifi issues have not been related to the printer. It prints and scans great. From what I understand, third party toner should be no issue when the time comes as there's no chip.

The hype is real on these Brothers.

[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 16 points 7 months ago

I still have my Brother laser printer from like 2006 and that bad boy is still running strong, although the nic recently crapped out. I just need to get around to hooking it up to a raspberry pi to get networking back.

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I've been using 3p toner for a while, no issues

[-] technomad@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago

You never said why they threw it out

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I've never had an issue with it. Wifi works, scanner works, I think it's even still on factory toner, print quality is good.

They must have upgraded to something color or faster, as I can't think why someone would have tossed it.

I don't print much, so I probably wouldn't have a home printer otherwise since most of the ones I've had were more trouble than they were worth. But the Brother kicks butt for me.

this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2024
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