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+1 for Brother. After being an HP family for decades, they pretty much forced our hand with recent enschittification of their hardware and service. Discovered
by 31337Logic 2y ago
+1 for Brother.
After being an HP family for decades, they pretty much forced our hand with recent enschittification of their hardware and service.
Discovered and purchased various Brother printers and MFCs for myself and 2 other extended family members. All 3 devices print flawlessly, have a simple UI, can use 3rd party toners (hello!), and you aren't forced to swap out a toner just because the "Change Toner" light turns on. (ie you can remove the toner, shake, replace, and keep printing until it's actually all used up, according to you!)
Not to mention, the wired and wireless functions work flawlessly.
I'll end with this: these are the first printers where everyone in my family can print from whatever device they're using: Windows, Linux, and Android. Honestly, I didn't even know we were at "this level" when it came to home printing.
- ProllyInfamous 2y agoI have both a Brother B&W photocopier and an HP color laser printer — and I love them both. The only reason I can tolerate them (after having-owned dozens of printers over several decades) is because they are themselves over a decade old, each. They never complain about subscription fees nor "genuine" cartridges installed. For each machine, there is a "manual override" feature which allows you to get the most toner out of each cartridge (with minimal quality sacrifice). For the color machine, Amazon toner knock-offs cost about 1/8th (no exaggeration) as OEM-genuines. As I immediately laminate most color print-outs, I am not worried about toner quality issues (i.e. flaking), but so-far have had none.
- euroderf 2y agoI've read in another HN thread that Brothers have begun rejecting third-party toner cartridges.
- 31337Logic 2y agoDamn. 3rd party is all I use on them. :-( Memo to self: Don't flash any firmware on my working devices. Ever.