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I have a HP LaserJet 4100 series at home which I bought several years ago on eBay for < $200. It's amazingly reliable and cheap to print with due to an abundan

I have a HP LaserJet 4100 series at home which I bought several years ago on eBay for < $200. It's amazingly reliable and cheap to print with due to an abundance of 3rd party toner cartridges -- not that it matters much when we average perhaps a couple hundred pages a month in usage. Perhaps this device is so old that it emerged from HP's old school engineering culture?

JamesLeonis 14y ago
My dad only recently retired his old HP Laserjet 4 after almost 20 years of use. I remember using it when his desktop computer was running Windows 3.1. With a little maintenance that we did ourselves that printer remained a workhorse for the family for an unthinkable amount of time. I would love to see HP return to that level of quality.
- philwelch 14y ago
  But then you don't buy another HP printer, which is bad for business. Printers are the worst market for quality goods; the incentives are all wrong.
  - chris_wot 14y ago
    He bought toner cartridges. It's not a zero sum game.
burntwater 14y ago
HP business-level B&W lasers have, for the most part, stayed pretty good. Especially the older 4100 series, which is one of my favorite. Older B&W laser drivers were great, newer ones are usually still good. For color laser I often go with Xerox, for inkjet AIO I go with Brother. I've had far too many multi-hour sessions dealing with HP AIO software and drivers. HP standalone inkjet printers can be good, but it seems no one buys non-AIO inkjets anymore.
- biturd 14y ago
  What is AIO?
  - burntwater 14y ago
    All-In-One - printer, scanner, copier, and sometimes fax.