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Brother printers are consistently reliable and high quality, particularly the laser jet ones. I highly recommend getting one that doesn't have a scanner also, t

Brother printers are consistently reliable and high quality, particularly the laser jet ones. I highly recommend getting one that doesn't have a scanner also, they just do one thing, really really well.

gorgoiler 5y ago
…and for scanning get a Fujitsu ScanSnap ix1500 (or sibling.) An amazing product. The UI is a touchscreen but it makes up for it by 70% of it being a giant blue button with “SCAN” on it :) And so fast too.
rcdemski 5y ago
I second this. I bought a brother multifunction laser printer several years ago and it consistently works without fail, works with built in drivers on Windows and Mac so there’s no funky packages installed, and their toner lasts forever.
chrisseaton 5y ago
I've got a higher-end Brother laser printer with no other functions integrated and it still frequently gets confused. Just doesn't feel robust or solid.
aaronax 5y ago
Eh, the multifunction one I bought a year ago told me the toner was out and wouldn't print until I reset the counter using some obscure menu process. I have printed hundreds of pages since then, so they apparently are into scamming just like the rest.
- djur 5y ago
  They only tried to scam you once, and there was a way to reset it? Is "scam" really the parsimonious explanation here, rather than "sensor error"?
  - AussieWog93 5y ago
    It's at the very least a dark pattern. There's no reason it needs to actually block the printing - it could simply pop up with a warning saying that the toner is low and attempt to print anyway. I'm not sure about Brother, but I do know that some other printer cartridges contain an electronic counter in them that will declare them as "out of ink" after printing a certain amount of pages (even if there's plenty of ink left in the cartridge).
Jolter 5y ago
I’ve been using a Canon MFP 4270 since 2008 and it’s been consistently reliable and great. The only issue is Windows no longer recognizes it by default, so you have to manually install drivers off their website. And of course, Windows Update regularly breaks the install so I have to reinstall them. I don’t blame Canon for that though. Getting new toner cartridges has been no problem as of yet, but I suspect the market is drying up by now because there were mostly off-brand ones available last time I had to get one.

gorgoiler 5y ago

…and for scanning get a Fujitsu ScanSnap ix1500 (or sibling.) An amazing product. The UI is a touchscreen but it makes up for it by 70% of it being a giant blue button with “SCAN” on it :) And so fast too.

rcdemski 5y ago

I second this. I bought a brother multifunction laser printer several years ago and it consistently works without fail, works with built in drivers on Windows and Mac so there’s no funky packages installed, and their toner lasts forever.

chrisseaton 5y ago

I've got a higher-end Brother laser printer with no other functions integrated and it still frequently gets confused. Just doesn't feel robust or solid.

aaronax 5y ago

Eh, the multifunction one I bought a year ago told me the toner was out and wouldn't print until I reset the counter using some obscure menu process. I have printed hundreds of pages since then, so they apparently are into scamming just like the rest.

djur 5y ago
They only tried to scam you once, and there was a way to reset it? Is "scam" really the parsimonious explanation here, rather than "sensor error"?
- AussieWog93 5y ago
  It's at the very least a dark pattern. There's no reason it needs to actually block the printing - it could simply pop up with a warning saying that the toner is low and attempt to print anyway. I'm not sure about Brother, but I do know that some other printer cartridges contain an electronic counter in them that will declare them as "out of ink" after printing a certain amount of pages (even if there's plenty of ink left in the cartridge).

Jolter 5y ago

I’ve been using a Canon MFP 4270 since 2008 and it’s been consistently reliable and great. The only issue is Windows no longer recognizes it by default, so you have to manually install drivers off their website. And of course, Windows Update regularly breaks the install so I have to reinstall them. I don’t blame Canon for that though. Getting new toner cartridges has been no problem as of yet, but I suspect the market is drying up by now because there were mostly off-brand ones available last time I had to get one.