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I've had a Samsung ml-2525 for probably ten years, it works great. Sadly Samsung sold their printer division to HP. HP even removed features from the driver, th

by jdofaz 6y ago

I've had a Samsung ml-2525 for probably ten years, it works great. Sadly Samsung sold their printer division to HP. HP even removed features from the driver, they took out the ability to do manual duplex printing. HP doesn't sell toner for my model anymore but I was able to find it from cdw. I figure the printer will outlast my ability to find toner for it. This just confirms my already existing stance to never buy anything from HP.

jfk13 6y ago
Similar here: I've had a bottom-of-the-range Samsung laser for over 10 years, and it just keeps going (using cheap 3rd-party toner cartridges), despite periods of relatively heavy use for a "home" printer (hundreds of pages per day, at times). But I'm not sure what I'll do when one day it finally dies.
- Moru 6y ago
  Just buy a Brother printer. Mine is probably more than 15 years and runs very cheap and no failures. Haven't even changed drum yet. 3rd-party toners very cheap and can be easily found online.
  - sn41 6y ago
    Also it's easy to get even cheaper refills on these toners. Brother works great.
  - taneq 6y ago
    Seconded on Brother. Mine (B&W laser) is over 7 years old now, does automatic duplex printing, and is on its second toner/drum cartridge. Still trucking along just like it did when it was new. It cost like $120 to buy and only a couple of cents per page. Of course, their value and longevity means all of these reviews are years out of date so I have no idea if the current models are as good. I hope they are, though.
- artificial 6y ago
  I'm in a similar situation. 3rd party toner. I've got a Brother laser printer (MFC7840W) that doesn't die. I've owned it for nearly 12 years and I really want a new fancy printer, too, but it's silly to replace something that works.
  - ogre_codes 6y ago
    I think this is the same exact situation I'm in. Getting some banding on one edge so I think I might need to replace the toner, but the last cartridge I bought was probably 8 years ago.
abraxaz 6y ago
> This just confirms my already existing stance to never buy anything from HP. Can second this. I bought a HP Elitebook, and so far I have to replace the keyboard every 8 months and the USB-C port (which it charges with and connects to screen and other peripherals) keeps coming loose from the motherboard and then motherboard needs replacing. I doubt it will last 4 months after warranty runs out. Never again.
parenthesis 6y ago
Yeah, I have a Samsung ML-<I can't remember off-hand> printer which still works great after about fifteen years. Unfortunately, I don't think there are drivers for it for any current OS. We have it connected to an iBook of similar vintage which more or less is only used to use the printer.
- sildur 6y ago
  Probably Linux has drivers. You could set up a network printer with a raspberry.
- jdofaz 6y ago
  I'm using mine with cups, all I needed was the ppd file. It has been a while but I think I found it in either their linux tarball or the mac driver.
- NegativeLatency 6y ago
  Is it listed here? https://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/supported.html https://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/supported.html
- parenthesis 6y ago
  Thanks to all the replies — looks like I'll be able to set something up!

by jdofaz 6y ago

jfk13 6y ago

Similar here: I've had a bottom-of-the-range Samsung laser for over 10 years, and it just keeps going (using cheap 3rd-party toner cartridges), despite periods of relatively heavy use for a "home" printer (hundreds of pages per day, at times). But I'm not sure what I'll do when one day it finally dies.

Moru 6y ago
Just buy a Brother printer. Mine is probably more than 15 years and runs very cheap and no failures. Haven't even changed drum yet. 3rd-party toners very cheap and can be easily found online.
- sn41 6y ago
  Also it's easy to get even cheaper refills on these toners. Brother works great.
- taneq 6y ago
  Seconded on Brother. Mine (B&W laser) is over 7 years old now, does automatic duplex printing, and is on its second toner/drum cartridge. Still trucking along just like it did when it was new. It cost like $120 to buy and only a couple of cents per page. Of course, their value and longevity means all of these reviews are years out of date so I have no idea if the current models are as good. I hope they are, though.
artificial 6y ago
I'm in a similar situation. 3rd party toner. I've got a Brother laser printer (MFC7840W) that doesn't die. I've owned it for nearly 12 years and I really want a new fancy printer, too, but it's silly to replace something that works.
- ogre_codes 6y ago
  I think this is the same exact situation I'm in. Getting some banding on one edge so I think I might need to replace the toner, but the last cartridge I bought was probably 8 years ago.

abraxaz 6y ago

> This just confirms my already existing stance to never buy anything from HP. Can second this. I bought a HP Elitebook, and so far I have to replace the keyboard every 8 months and the USB-C port (which it charges with and connects to screen and other peripherals) keeps coming loose from the motherboard and then motherboard needs replacing. I doubt it will last 4 months after warranty runs out. Never again.

parenthesis 6y ago

Yeah, I have a Samsung ML-<I can't remember off-hand> printer which still works great after about fifteen years. Unfortunately, I don't think there are drivers for it for any current OS. We have it connected to an iBook of similar vintage which more or less is only used to use the printer.

sildur 6y ago
Probably Linux has drivers. You could set up a network printer with a raspberry.
jdofaz 6y ago
I'm using mine with cups, all I needed was the ppd file. It has been a while but I think I found it in either their linux tarball or the mac driver.
NegativeLatency 6y ago
Is it listed here? https://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/supported.html https://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/supported.html
parenthesis 6y ago
Thanks to all the replies — looks like I'll be able to set something up!