There is still a significant used market for the old HP printers, for reasons such as you describe. There have been several posts mentioned/referred to here or

There is still a significant used market for the old HP printers, for reasons such as you describe. There have been several posts mentioned/referred to here or elsewhere about how they differ from the current HP SOHO line -- plastic and much less durable, as I understand it. Actually, I'm reminded that a relative has a 4MP purchased... a decade or more ago?, that is still chugging along just fine. It's awfully slow by today's standards, but -- while small and designed for the SOHO -- it is indeed "built like a tank", for the most part. By the way, the Brother 2[1|2]40, 70, etc. look all right, and their image quality is ok (for a basic B/W printer -- don't expect an Ansel Adams print ;-).