Brother laser printer. Mine's going on 9 years now, a cartridge lasts so long I have to look up how to change it when it finally needs it.

I can't say much about brands, I bought a Samsung color laser years ago and still use it.

What I will say is being able to network print is amazing and well worth having. I can print from my tablet, phone, or desktop.

The Brothers are really good, but the Ricohs closely behind and a little cheaper. Both with relatively few bullshit going on.

My samsung printer had terribly unreliable network access. I could never figure out what its problem was.
In the end I connected a raspberry pi zero with a cups server to the usb port and let that one handle all the printer requests. It works so much better now.

After a long time with HP printers, i switched to Epson Ecotank series. Way better with regards to ink usage and prices.

Key features for me: all-in-one device that also scans and copies, feeder for the scanner, double-sided printing, color.

I have bought a brother laser printer 8 years ago. It just stop working, because of a know problem of not turning on. There's a workaround that a used, and lately let it always on, but it finally stopped working, even with the workaround. Although it was a good printer because I would have spend many times its value if I had used the cheap ones. I also have a xerox and canon laser printer and so far so good.

They are not sub par, they are dye based, which fade when continuously exposed to UV. Pigment inks are used in photo oriented printers, like prosumer and pro photo printers. Dye tends to clog less, pigment need more constant use.

Laser color printers are better in every respect except for photos. Laser color printers usually have a 300-600 DPI native resolution, while 1440 is common in inkjet printers. Also, inkjet puts liquid on the page, which means that a good driver can actually blend inks to achieve a much greater color gamut, while lasers can only put one of the 4 basic CMYK colors in a point.

Different use cases.

i think samsung doesn't manufacturer printers anymore since a very long time ago. iirc it's a rebranded hp printer (at least in samsung's homeland korea) and quite notorious for breaking often

I found my Brother HL out on the curb on a lightly rainy day. I had passed by it on my walk thinking it was an Epson inkjet, but on my way back I saw it was one of those Brother BW lasers the Internet nerds always go on about so I brought it inside and dried it off.

Fired right up and has been handling my once a month or so printing duties ever since, still on the same toner that I found it with. Best non-commercial printer I've ever used.

If you are fine with ink printers, get inktank which you can refill yourself with pretty much any ink you can find. Never buy ink cartridge one like ever. Also, I would opt out of ink printers if you are not using them so often and if speed is preferable. They are slow as fuck and in my experience, a seldom used printer would at some point clog and it is pretty much impossible to clean this shit out.

As for laser ones, get preferably Brother. I have Lexmark and their toners can be refilled at home which is nice but I believe Brother toners if not easily refillable at home, can be refiled at print shops for cheap. Also, look for part availability so that in case of some part become broken, you can easily get a replacement off the web. Then you're set!

Now THIS is a recommendation! My next printer (fuck HP) will be a Brother laser printer!

I had a brother printer (mfc) that i bought and gave to my friend after a couple years. bought another and the colors are off but it works. the ink dries out tho so i was thinking my next printer might use toner/lasers. i just buy ink cartriges, i don't refill.

Brother laser printers are my current go to

I've got a small Canon MFC laser printer/copier. No complaints at all. It only prints black and white but I tend to scan more than print so that was a big focus for me when I bought it.

Knock off toner can be hit or miss. Even if it sticks to the paper it might not be the best quality.

You could also try adjusting the paper weight settings. The weight settings control fuser heat levels by adjusting the print speed. That can sometimes have an impact on color quality.

My wife has a brother black/white laser printer. I got it about 5yrs ago and still going with no issues. She does sell things and makes labels and also uses a small thermal printer that pumps out label packages. Not sure if that can double for stickers for you, but could be an option.

My Brother printer can legally vote in the next election and it's still kickin

I went Canon for color laser, no complaints so far.

No they don't, Samsung sold their business to HP a few years ago. Mine was one of the last models that was actually Samsung made iirc.

I have been lucky enough that I can refill the toner cartridges and just replace the chips. Only major issue I have had is pulling through cardstock on a long run but that is something I rarely do and have learned to deal with.

The only issue I've had was when I switched to Linux. I set a static IP address in the printer when I first got it and always connect it via Ethernet. I've had it for a while but since Samsung sold off their printer brand a couple years later to HP I'm obviously not recommending them.

Make sure you know the price of sticker paper and whether you’re really saving any money.

I think canons been enshittified, but mines been solid for over a decade. I buy cheap third party ink, and the difference is big enough to save money even if it’s another cartridge per session. Realistically I haven’t printed anything in like two years

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Mine is about old enough to buy alcohol, although the NIC died and the Linux drivers for a print server are garbage, so I replaced it with another Brother (found nearly brand new in the Goodwill bins for $10)

It definitely still works as a wired printer, though.

Cannon definitely enshitified. I have one from 5 years ago that is taking up space on my desk because I haven't got around to the Office Space treatment.

My first big problem was when it wouldn't scan documents because the color ink cart was out, completely unnecessary for the task at hand! It always had issues with feeding paper unless it was perfectly aligned and you'd made thr proper blood sacrifices but it just doesn't load paper at all any more, just spins wheels pretending it wants to move paper.

I've had mine for about that long and changed the toner cartridge once. It's super easy. I think I paid like $80 for two cartridges. Guess I'm good for another 20 years.

Like other posts - brother, laser.

My ancient HP laserjet died a few months back so I picked up a brother. It amazed me that I just plugged it in (Linux) and it worked. No hplip, no cups config, just worked.

Even more impressive, I tried the network/wifi print out of curiosity and it also just worked... Nothing special, Debian 13 auto discovered it on the network and added it to my printer list.

I had the HP for over 15 years and it was always a bitch to get working with Linux. Hoping this brother lasts at least as long.