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| themadhippy:
--- Quote ---Brother Colour Laser (HL-3140CW) --- End quote --- Got the same model,all be it a bit older than 4 and its still running on the original everything apart from paper and its certainly worked out cheaper than an inkjet and produces better results for the occasional printing i do.However it has developed a fault,if left powered up,but turned off by the front button it wont restart until its hard power cycled,not a major issue as i keep it turned off at the wall,but maybe an issue for some. |
| james_s:
Definitely go with a laser printer. I wanted color so I got a HP M254DW a few years ago and have been very happy with it, monochrome lasers are cheaper. The M254 does surprisingly good color photo prints, it's the first laser printer I've had that I've found suitable for that. Watch out though, some of the new HP models require you to subscribe to toner and are locked to only work with OEM toner/ink. Also some printers have stripped down hardware and do most of the work in the driver which only works on Windows, personally I would try to avoid these even if I didn't want to print from other operating systems. A good way to tell is the driver will be over 100MB to download. Nothing beats the convenience of having a printer right in your own home, even if you don't print very often. |
| tggzzz:
--- Quote from: MathWizard on February 02, 2023, 07:46:06 am ---Once and I while I want to print something, just B/W text I guess, but I haven't had a working printer in years. Does anyone make a cheap one, that won't clog up, or anything else bad, like need new ink every time, if you hardly ever use it ? --- End quote --- Cheap, very flexible (colour, transparency, size), guaranteed to work, and meets that spec: just take the document on a USB stick to your nearest print shop. |
| MarkS:
I have this and I love it. It's relatively cheap, the toner lasts forever and the replacement toner is reasonable. They also have a model with wireless connectivity for $30 USD more. Brother HL-L2300D (Amazon link) |
| pcprogrammer:
--- Quote from: MarkS on February 02, 2023, 04:52:43 pm ---Stupid quote button! Grumble grumble. Always getting in the way of the modify button... Grumble grumble. |O --- End quote --- You don't have to crank up your post count any more for the supporters lounge :) It is possible to remove or just not post your post if it is not what you intended. |
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