Best laser printers according to redditors

A Brother laser printer, that is.

Or at least a laser printer, but I second your recommendation of Brother.

Get a laser printer. You will love it. I got a this dell about a year ago. It's a rebranded xerox product according to what I've read. It's seriously the best printer ownership experience ever. No more stupid ink cartridges. If you don't print a lot you don't have to worry about the ink drying in the heads. The toner lasts a long time and the image quality is so much better than any inkjet I've ever owned.

I was in a similar situation in my first year, commuted 1.5h each way daily, didn't do so hot. You're actually actively trying to improve within the first month of your first year, that's better than me, which is impressive to say the least. And your post is not stupid! In your first year you end up taking a bunch of classes in different disciplines so you naturally will have a harder time. I also have a sneaking suspicion that professors try to make first year harder to weed out people, but it might just be my experience biasing things. Later on in your education you can sort of specialize into stuff you're good at. I improved most my second year, and did really well my third (even got $$$ from UBC for my grades :O). I settled in Computer Science so YMMV if you're in another science discipline, engineering, arts, etc.

If I would give advice to my former self, I'd say these things (sorry if this is a bit rambly, I will clean this up later) :

• Don't be overwhelmed, try any of the following stuff in piecemeal and try to iterate on what works for you.
  
  
• Do most of your studying/homework AT SCHOOL. Make time for that if possible, and treat it like a job. The library is your second home now. Actually the library is your home. Your other home is only for sleeping (7-8 hours), showering, relaxing, and potentially family stuff. After you're done commuting you should relax, or do light review. Never bring your stress home. There were only ~3 days where I was thinking of school at around 7+PM last year (excluding late evening exams, it was always traceable to something that would have been easier if I started earlier...).
  
  
• Go to all classes, sit at the front, say hi to your neighbor, and then take ALL the notes. I never read notes before class (BAD high school habit), but when I started doing pre-readings or skimming through to get a sense of what the topic would be, the lectures were about refining knowledge instead of racing to grasp it. Also it helps immensely if you start reading through textbooks and doing the problems in them. I read all my textbooks for my courses now and make my own notes before class (a good litmus test is can you summarize what the paragraph(s) just said in a few sentences?). Though make sure you're learning the same material the professor is teaching (keener problems :P). You should also skim/re-read your notes and it should take you 5-10 minutes to read a set of notes, which helps fill in the gaps between lectures!
  
  
• Simulate all your practice midterms/quizzes/exams in quiet places in the library, and time yourself. If you get a midterm/quiz back and you didn't do well, DO IT AGAIN on your own with the same time set as the original one. A bad grade is helpful in a weird masochistic way, it tells you EXACTLY what topics you need to do better in.
  
  
• Learn how to take better notes. Use techniques like the Cornell method, paraphrasing, etc. Also, when the professor says something that isn't on the slides, make note of it, it might be on the exam.
  
  
• Go to all labs, tutorials, etc and make an effort. Be attentive and alert in your work here. Don't be afraid to ask questions about stuff you don't know, you are wasting your tuition by not doing so - however - do prep though to figure out the gaps in your knowledge and aim your questions to bridge those gaps.
  
  
• Track all deadlines/deliverable in your courses using Google Calendar/Keep (or equivalent). Technology is not your friend if you don't use it right, i.e. if you play games, facebook, etc, it's only going to hurt you. This involves using piazza, connect, canvas, and etc on your phone/laptop to find what's up in your courses.
  
  
• Quit time sinks like gaming. I completely gave up gaming and my grades improved. I occasional can play games now, but in M O D E R A T I O N. Turns out if you stop playing games, you really just don't find them fun anymore. Removing stuff like gaming will cause time to just open up in your schedule.
  
  
• Start your homework/assignments ASAP (make personal deadlines HALF of what the actual deadline is), and go to office hours to clarify on stuff you aren't making progress on. Depending on the professor or TA, they might multi-cast the explanations they give to other students to spread the learning to you, so it might be beneficial to go even if you don't have any direct questions, just general uneasiness.
  
  
• Start a hobby. Reading, playing an instrument, a sport, etc. It helps relieve stress and ground you in reality that life is a lot more than just grades (seriously, think 60 years down the road).
  
  
• There is light at the end of the tunnel, think of how in XYZ amount of years you'll look back and enjoy your many accomplishments, including finishing UBC first year. :)
  
  
• Print out all your assignments (this is my best friend), homework and practice questions/midterms/quizzes/finals and do them in a quiet place. To give you an example, I print out my assignments, then whenever I work on them I manually make notes of how far I got, circling what questions I'm stuck on, what questions I can ask on piazza, office hours, etc.
  
  
• Grab all PDFs/Doc files from your courses and organize them into Onedrive/Drive/Dropbox etc. using a hierarchy structure. For example for every term I have folders for each class (and folders for stuff like co-op, etc), and in each class folder I have folders for the lecture slides, assignments, syllabus (for future reference), solutions, and practice materials. If you want to scan your notes you can do that too (get an auto feed duplex scanner, not a manual one!), and shoebox your physical notes! You can also save web pages as PDFs (should be built-in for chrome), some courses or labs were just HTML pages and you can't download them easily.
  
  
• Check out material from your courses from the internet, or other universities, or even online courses. For instance there was a concept in one of my classes that I didn't really get, I watched a few youtube videos and checked out some online lectures that shared topics and was able to understand.
  
  
• Know how your brain learns materials! An online course called "Learning how to learn" is a useful investment, but you are already overloaded it seems like. If you have a lazy saturday, or some spare cycles, read this reddit summary and/or watch the videos on coursera.
  
  The following stuff is really situational (and you should talk to your department advisors instead of some random redditor over them)
  
  
• Try spreading out your courses over summer - I took a few courses in the summer to stay ahead and have more breathing room.
  
  
• You might want to take a year break for work (co-op or non-co-op) - I did co-op, my grades got better when returning from my job, but I think this was more because I was the one paying for my tuition, not my parents.
  
  
• You may want to spread out your degree to 5 years - I'm doing this already because of co-op (16 month of work spread in between my terms), but you can just repeat a standing of a year (ie. be considered X year twice) if you don't meet promotion requirements.
  
  
  
  Specific to commuting:
  
  
• Try coming to school earlier to avoid the traffic and get in some extra study time.
  
  
• Listen to audiobooks or read a book (not a text book) while listening to music.
  
  
• Practice Anki flash cards or do some light review. I wasn't able to effectively zone out the transit crowd well enough to actually study new things.
  
  
• See if a family member can drop you off closer to a stop/sky train or pick you up. I skipped a bus transfer (and saved time in the commute) by just waking up earlier and hitching a ride with a family member to a Skytrain station.
  
  
  
  And on the health side of things:
  
  
• Bring your home made lunch or eat healthy on the campus. As a commuter it might be tempting to eat junk food, but try eating healthy.
  
  
• Drink lots of water, and if you can handle the weight, bring a refillable water bottle.
  

Here is a copy from I post to another person

"Yes it will,

Here is the original https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5a/8b/89/5a8b89691ef801794d9f016e4b341d1e.png

Here is a print from a printer I bought for $57 and fake filling cartridges for $20 I have had it print more than 2000 colored pages and no problems yet.

https://imgur.com/a/jk4XJ

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-C1760NW-Color-Printer-Resolution/dp/B00A2KFGF2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1521172517&sr=8-1&keywords=dell+printer+laser"

Source and discussion at SlickDeals. $50 instant savings and free shipping are visible immediately, but coupon code 74883 adds $20 discount which is not visible until later in checkout. $100 at Amazon.

Specifications:

• Black and white, 32 ppm
  
• Duplex printing
  
• Color flatbed scanning (no automatic document feeder)
  
• Wi-fi and USB; no ethernet

Honestly, if you're going to buy a printer go for a laser printer. Brother makes some very good cheap laser printers, like this one which you can get for only $70. The advantage if a laser printer is that the quality is better, they print faster, toner ends up being a lot cheaper per page than ink, and unlike an inkjet where the ink cartridge will dry out after a while, a laser printer doesn't care if it doesn't get used for 2 months.

High-quality color laser printers are under $300 now. I have this one.

Brother DCP-L2520DW or DCP-L2540DW (ADF feeder).

Reliable, super cheap toner (works well with third parties) that only needs a little resetting to work best, and good with Macs, Linux, Smartphones, and Windows.

There are very affordable brother laser printers for less than $80. I've gone 2 years on the same toner drum

Edit: here is the model I was speaking about: http://www.amazon.com/Brother-HL2240D-Monochrome-Printer/dp/B004A16L2Q/ref=sr_1_7?s=pc&srs=2529075011&ie=UTF8&qid=1374841143&sr=1-7

I quite like my Samsung ML-1630 (amazon link). It's small, pretty, and gets the job done.

I second monochrome laser printer. I have a Brother HL2240D and it is quite nice. Even has no trouble occasionally printing card stock paper.

This one.

I love our Brother printer. We bought a wireless version to replace the wired one we had, but both are monochrome. Is that okay? If so, this whole line is great.

Love our Brother printers - recently bought this one - 2240D- http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004A16L2Q/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1397002810&sr=8-2&pi=SY200_QL40
Low cost to operate, last a long time. Note that it's monochrome which may not work for you.

Canon MF644Cdw

I have the 642 which is the same printer as the 644 but without the duplex scanning (and $50 cheaper) and it’s been working without a hitch so far, though the software isn’t the most intuitive.

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/offer-listing/B07N23D92N/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
Link to see all sellers \^

A friend of mine who does frequent B&W printing likes his Samsung, it doesn't seem to give him much trouble and doesn't eat toner for breakfast.

My recommendation is to investigate on-campus, student printing options first.

Epson Eco Tank Color @ $230

Brother black & white Laser @ $135

I have a Brother HL-2270DW standard laser (not a copier/scanner) and it works like a champ.
As a general concept I hate all inkjet printers. All of them.

The cost of printer ink is outrageous and completely unreasonable.

But the Epson eco tank series are probably the least offensive in that you can refill the ink tanks individually.

Definitely go with a mono laser printer. For printing text, it's always been the most economical option.

EDIT: This one fits your budget and has pretty good reviews on Amazon.

The general consensus right now for B/W budget MFP is the Canon imageClass MF244DW

https://www.amazon.com/Canon-imageCLASS-MF244dw-Wireless-Multifunction/dp/B01K9L6TS6/

$350?

The Brother printers I use for desktop printing are $150 for monochrome and $200 for color. I'm 100% onboard for throwing printers the fuck away if they have a problem more complicated than "paper jam."

Get a Brother HL-5470DW. They aren't terrible, I've had one at home for over a year and haven't had to replace even the toner or drum yet. I've only printed about 1500 pages off it since I had it, mostly tax stuff. $240 brand new on Amazon. We also use these at work for lower-volume printers. We use HP Laserjet M605s for high-volume applications (or Ricoh/IBM Info-print printers depending on application).

Alternatively, see if you can find a used older HP Laserjet around and connect it to an older computer with a wireless card, make it your print server and share it on the network in your house. It'll be easier to replace the fuser/etc on these and cheaper to find replacements. I currently own a Laserjet 4 Plus and it's still working fine, although the next time the fuser dies I don't know if I'll be able to find a replacement (Printer was discontinued by HP in 1994). Get an HPLJ P4015 or P4250 if you can find one being sold as used/surplus somewhere. They've very reliable, comparatively easy to service, and high-quality/high-volume printers that can be had for right cheap if they only need a little work. Usually a used one will need a fuser and paper feed kit swap, it takes about half an hour of work and a replacement maintenance kit can be found online for $120 for those models.

Some caveats to both: First, they're only black and white. If you want a color laser printer it's gonna cost you a lot more.

If you buy the brother, realize they will not do warranty claims or service calls unless you have a brother toner and drum in the unit. They'll verify serial number from the drum and toner, so keep the original one it comes with and give that to them on the phone. Brother replacements are inordinately expensive and most of the third-parties are less than half the cost and work just as well.

If you go the "Older used laserjet" route, make sure you find one where x64 drivers exist and can be installed on the print server. Often times configuring the print server to use the HP Universal PCL5E or PCL6 driver works fine (note, in my experience most HP Laserjet PCL drivers will work with ANY printer that can emulate PCL language, which includes Kyocera printers, brothers, ricohs, and just about any other business-grade laser printer). If you have an old laptop with USB and wireless you can set it up as a print server pretty easily and it won't use a whole lot of power.

Unless your house is very humid the toner will be fine to use if you only print twice a year. You'll never have a dried up ink cartridge to worry about and the printer will just work 99.99% of the time when you need it to.

Fuck inkjet printers with a passion. For color printing I have access to an HP Color Laserjet M553dn at work which is a damned good printer also and makes higher quality color prints than most injets. If I need photos printed I go to CVS.

If you have a wifi network at home as well as a desktop PC you can connect the printer to that desktop PC and share it and still access it on wifi. You don't necessarily need a wifi printer. The brother model I suggested to you has wifi though. None of the older HP models I suggested do -- you'll have to create a print server for these.

Seconded.

I know it's like a meme by now, but everyone who is in a position to buy a laser printer should buy a laser printer. Of those, Brother printers have very good value, good drivers and support (imho - none of them are perfect). Automatic duplex printing is also convenient, as is the case for the device I linked.

Get a laser printer. Make sure you can get cheap toner cartridges for it!

Put in an alert at Slickdeals.net and you'll get alerts when they go on sale.

I got a Canon imageCLASS MF247dw early this year for $110 on some great sale ($125 plus $15) as I applied some Citi points (or something) to make it worth it. GREAT PRINTER and it's priceless to have in the classroom!

Consider the Canon ImageClass MF244dw. This excellent monochrome multi-function laser printer currently costs an unbeatable $103 on Amazon. The MF244dw is fast, very reliable and loaded with features - including multi-function printing/copying/scanning, automatic duplex (double-sided) printing, razor-sharp black & white laser printout quality, and scanner with 35-sheet automatic document feeder (as requested).

Unlike inkjet printers which can dry out and clog if unused for a few weeks, laser printer toner will never dry out. This printer will be ready to use whether you print once a day or once a month, and can easily handle a duty cycle of thousands of pages per month.

Don't be fooled by the price, this printer operates at a speedy 28ppm, and even includes wireless connectivity, Apple AirPrint, and Google Cloud Print for easy access from your wireless devices, mobile phones and tablets.

Amazon offers a dirt-cheap product protection for this printer, $10 will get you 3-years worth of protection against breakdown or defects. Best of all, generic toner cartridges are widely available on eBay and Amazon for around $12 per cartridge.

https://www.amazon.com/Canon-imageCLASS-MF244dw-Wireless-Multifunction/dp/B01K9L6TS6/

https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/products/details/printers/black-and-white-laser/imageclass-mf244dw

https://www.amazon.com/Compatible-Cartridge-Replacement-9435B001AA-ImageClass/dp/B01GHQC6AW/

http://www.amazon.com/Brother-HL4570CDW-Printer-Wireless-Networking/dp/B00439GOKY

Not cheap, but you won't buy a new printer for 10 years.

Dell C1760nw

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-C1760NW-Color-Printer-Resolution/dp/B00A2KFGF2

Brother Wireless All-In-One Laser Printer (DCP-L2520DW) $79.99 @ BB http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/brother-brother-wireless-all-in-one-laser-printer-dcp-l2520dw-dcp-l2520dw/10320576.aspx?path=a4b4f1020cca7d0daeb36061ceaacf58en02

Same price at amazon http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00MFG5854?k

Ich hab' mir vor sechs Jahren einen gebrauchten Samsung Laserdrucker gekauft. Dies nachdem mir zum x-ten Mal im Tintendrucker wegen Mangel an Gebrauch die Tintenpatronen ausgetrocknet waren. Das stellt man natürlich nur dann fest wenn's darum geht, "mal schnell was zu drucken". Seit Anschaffung musste ich einmal eine neue Tonerkartusche holen. Ja, die sind teuerer als Tintenpatronen aber dafür können die auch Monate lang herum stehen und immer noch auf Kommando loslegen. Druckqualität 1-A, Größe ist um die 38x38x21cm. Ich bin davon überzeugt, daß ein Laserdrucker ideal für jemanden ist der nur ab und zu etwas ausdruckt. Mittlerweile gibt's von Brother, Kyocera und Samsung Laserdrucker für unter €100. Dies scheint die neuere Version von meinem Samsung zu sein.

My scanner is on an HP all in one ink jet printer that just works with great support by Ubuntu.

My laser printer is a Pantum P2502W it's am inexpensive laser printer ($40) that the manufacturer provides .deb files for the drivers. It also supports network printing but not Google cloud print. I share the printer through an Ubuntu box for my wifes Chromebook to print.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N517VDK

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828731010

Driver info, top answer gives a good walk through:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/573839/how-can-i-install-a-pantum-2502w-laser-printer-on-ubuntu

You can get a Brother laser printer for like $50.

Edit: Ok I like its more like $80 dollars. I got mine for like $50 on sale sometime.

http://www.amazon.com/Brother-HL2240D-Monochrome-Printer/dp/B004A16L2Q/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1375377960&sr=8-5&keywords=brother+laser+printer

At a certain point, you might as well just buy an on-sale laser printer (or similar) instead of paying inflated copying prices. This Brother is $99 on Amazon and includes a scanner.

http://www.amazon.com/Pantum-P2502W-Wireless-Monochrome-Printer/dp/B00N517VDK/ $38 on prime. Not bad... but paradoxically the toners are super expensive haha. I have seen $50 brother wireless laser at Home Depots and Office Maxes when they are changing out models. Still its only like $84 for a wireless brother laser on amazon. Life is short, buy good shit.

Switch to a Laser Printer, something like This : https://www.amazon.ca/Brother-HL-L2320D-Monochrome-Printer-Printing/dp/B00LEA5EHO

As for Adhesive Labels you can find plenty available as well : https://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Shipping+Labels


If you sell quite a bit then a Thermal Printer might be worth a investment though i'm not to keen on those.

I had a good brother inkjet and bought cheap ink off ebay...until it leaked ink EVERYWHERE. Now I have a laser printer got it for around 120$ I think on this sub. Am not going back to inkjet. Only problem is that the damn thing takes about 1000 GigaWatts of power on startup so my lights dim for a millisecond. edit: its a brother https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0764NWFP9/ref=pe_3034960_236394800_TE_dp_1

Maybe something like this would fit his needs.

It's a low cost, low quality printer. Like most things in life, you get what you pay for.

Compare the specs of my printer, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00450DVDY/ to the one you linked, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004BDMP8M

The Brother one can be connected via wifi, has a higher resolution, and prints about 50% faster. But, you're paying an extra 50 bucks for it.

So, it's all up to you. I'm sure the canon will be fine. The brother will be better.

Seconded. Mine is great. They work out to be cheaper because the toner lasts forever (3000 pages, give or take), not to mention not having to clean print heads. Stick with the business class models.

Something like https://www.amazon.com/Brother-HLL5100DN-Business-Networking-Replenishment/dp/B01BBL2TRS/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1485448116&sr=1-1&keywords=HLL5100DN

Stop buying HP or any other assholes products.

Buy a separate scanner and one of these:

Pantum P2502W Wireless Monochrome Laser Printer https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N517VDK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_j7O4xbS9VGYN8

I purchased one two years ago and I am still using the same toner cartridge it came with.

Bought this B/W monochrome wireless laser printer for $25. Still working through the starter cartridge (prints about 700 pages).

Wireless setup is slightly painful and print quality is decent (but not OH GOD SO SHARP!)... But I hardly need to print a ton of important stuff. So for $25, it is a hell of a convenience for my sparse printing needs.

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Forget Inkjet. Forget laser. LED printers are where it's at. Got a color Dell one two years ago. Prints just as good as when I first powered it up. Cartridges are dirt cheap compared to laser, and never dry up, even when you don't print anything for months, since they are in solid state.

I have a samsung ML-1630. I bought it used at circuit city when they were going out of business for $25. I think it was what they used behind the counter to print invoices and such, because it had pretty heavy signs of wear on the surface (scratches etc). It is very basic, but built like a tank. No flimsy plastic parts stick out of it so not much can break (it doesnt have a paper tray though). It is also low profile so you can stick it on a low shelf or stack other office stuff on top of it (sound receiver, phone, etc)

I used it my last 2 years of grad school. Printed hundreds of pages of research papers, manuals, even full textbooks from open courseware classes. (all on one toner cartridge, but thats standard for monochrome lasers) Even printed stuff for my friends since it was more reliable than the shit lab printers that get broken by every idiot with a student account and a PDF of their Calc I book. It's been through two moves and sat in the back of my car. I even let a friend borrow it for a while once I was done with it. Now I have it back and it still works great.

It rarely jams but it's easy enough to open. However the lack of paper tray means I have to clear a space in front of it or stand there to catch the paper as it comes out.

replacement toner is $50-70, they last about 1500-3k sheets

Im not sure if its allowed to ask about printers here, but lets try:

Would you recommend this printer? Its to print simple things like PDFs (text and simple images like charts)

Brother HL-L2320D Mono Laser Printer

and what's the difference to this one:

Brother HL-L2300D Monochrome Laser Printer with Duplex Printing

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LEA5EHO/?coliid=I1QWMRSEGBE9UY&colid=1CEG8SQ3FOV3G&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Well no, not if you don't really need it. Some phone apps do decent jobs at scanning now anyway. Ink is the big cost with home printers. If your son is mainly going to be printing black and white documents then a laser printer is the one to go for. This gets decent reviews on the budget end and this has colour for a bit more and should be more than adequate for home use.

If you’re just printing black and white, get rid of the inkjet altogether, it’s a waste. Buy a cheap laser (can get for $70 from Amazon) and toner is cheap, off brand you pay around $20 and it’ll get you over 1000 pages easy.

Save the inkjet for color and photo printing.

I have a Brother HL5470DW. No problems.

https://smile.amazon.com/Brother-HL5470DW-Wireless-Monochrome-Replenishment/dp/B0081TYO72/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504530990&sr=8-1&keywords=brother+hl-5470dw

amazon.com/Brother-HL4570CDW-Printer-Wireless-Networking/dp/B00439GOKY/

> Also I recommend a cheap printer. It took until my third year to get a printer in my room and I'm so mad I waited so long.

You can sometimes find this laser printer on sale for $25.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N517VDK

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HRG01A4

Or the slightly older model:

https://www.amazon.com/Brother-DCPL2520DW-Wireless-Multifunction-Replenishment/dp/B00MFG5854/

You won't find a better one for cheaper--unless this one goes on sale for $100 like it sometimes does.

Or you can just buy a laser printer. Not to be pedantic or anything, but it's the easiest solution to escape the "overpriced ink" bullshit. They're not even any more expensive than inkjet printers.

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-imageCLASS-LBP6000-Compact-Printer/dp/B004BDMP8M/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1396031092&sr=8-2&keywords=laser+printer

I have this one, works awesomely, still running off the initial toner cartridge, it’s only black and white, but works fine printing from mobile or making copies.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0764NWFP9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thanks for all the replies! I can't decide between thermal or laser printer, which one would you suggest me? I will take one of those:

https://www.amazon.ca/Brother-QL-570-Professional-Label-Printer/dp/B000ZHEVZ8/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1491361089&sr=1-6&keywords=thermal+printer

https://www.amazon.ca/Brother-HL-L2320D-Monochrome-Printer-Printing/dp/B00LEA5EHO/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1491361083&sr=1-2&keywords=laser+printer

OK I see. I'm checking to see how much we can spend but the idea is to get a printer that would handle every day color and b/w printing as well as brochure printing 3-5 times/year. Any thoughts on this printer?

Yeah, it's this one specifically: http://www.amazon.com/Brother-HL4570CDW-Printer-Wireless-Networking/dp/B00439GOKY -- that price is stupid though, we paid appx 400 bucks for it in 2013.

I believe it will do legal size if you flip the tray down. I never do legal size documents, though :).

It seems they have some newer models on amazon that look pretty solid -- like this one: http://www.amazon.com/Brother-HLL8350CDW-Wireless-Color-Printer/dp/B00JBVWDB8

That said, I only print docs maybe once a week, so it's been good enough for that. And you don't get the weird issues like you do with inkjet printers if you leave them idle for too long (like the jets gumming up and getting weird ink splotches on the roller)

hmm I dont really need the fax option.. I was looking at the link you posted and there seems to be a Canon imageCLASS MF244DW. What's your opinion on that?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01K9L6TS6?ref=emc_b_5_t

How are Samsung printers? I was also checking out the Samsung M2875DW.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IKPTI1E/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Consider the Dell C1760nw Color Laser. Runs about $100 at Amazon.

If it helps any, I've had my Dell C1765nfw printer for 5+ years with no repairs needed. There is a cheaper C1760 model that is a printer only without the copy/scan/fax function.

I am not a heavy user though, average maybe 100-200 pages per month. "Cheap" toner does not exist in low/midrange models like this. At this price range you're still within the "razor and blades" sales model where the device is cheap and the consumables are expensive. That being said, at my rate of use, I only buy toner once a year or less and get it pretty cheap from a local supplier (around $45 per cartridge)

Ho preso una Samsung xpress m2026w. Costa poco e per ora mi trovo benissimo, il toner (se non lo vuoi originale) costa circa 15 euro su Amazon, e non mi danno problemi. Qui il link amazon se vuoi dare un'occhiata. Funziona con linux e ha il wifi (per me fondamentale).

With a $250 budget, for your use-case I would buy 2 printers: 1) a cheap monochrome MFP for color scanning and b&w copy/print, and 2) a single-function photo inkjet. This gives you the best of both worlds and provides you a backup. Canon MF247dw ($125) plus a Canon IX6820 ($136). If/when the inkjet clogs, you simply rip and replace, without interrupting your MFP workflow. Slightly more than $250 but way more flexible than a single inkjet burdened with doing all jobs.

If you must have only one box, the HP OfficeJets are good, especially for just standard letter-size printouts, but they lack rear paper feeds, which are typically better for card stock or photo paper, and also so you don't have to remove/re-add media out of just 1 tray. I'd look at the Brother MFC-J5845DW ($199) for starters.

One last point - the SD card slot. You see it offered on photo inkjets, but not on much else. Better to just get a USB adapter to plug the SD card into, then plug the adapter into the printer. The quality of the adapter's reader will often be better anyways.

These go on sale for around 90-100 every so often.

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00MFG57ZK?ref=emc_b_5_i

https://www.amazon.ca/Brother-DCP-L2520DW-Wireless-Monochrome-Networking/dp/B00MFG5854/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1491242265&sr=8-3&keywords=brother+laser

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You've got to find the link or a retailer for your country in your own.

The printers are $90 to $100 if you want scanning capability, lower with no scanner. Look for a WIFI capable model.

The thing I have experienced with inkjets is that if you don't use them regularly the ink carts will dry up and not print well. And you can't print black and white if any color well is empty. But they have color.

The replacement cart is $40, but lasts forever (1200 pages). The printer comes with a started cartridge for 500 pages.

I have been using the previous version of this Canon printer for 5 years and only replaced the toner once about a year ago. The toner was 2 for $20.

I bought a color laser printer for less than $300. That thing does everything: color, two-sided, Wi-Fi, scanning.

I frequently scan and have it email the scan to me. I also use the scanner to scan directly to my computer.

I love the two-sided scanning, copying, printing.

The menus for settings are a little painful, only slightly easier to connect to it from a browser (like a router) and adjust things. I will admit some stuff was a huge pain in the ass to set up (like email and mobile phone printing), but easy to use once set up. My wife loves the wireless printing!

Toner is pretty cheap and it lasts forever.

I got the Canon Color imageCLASS MF644Cdw. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QK2KDYC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_9ppWDbDX09QJD