I just paid $10 to print 2 black and white pages. What printer should I get to never do that again? (piefed.social)

submitted 10 months ago by Kraiden@piefed.social to c/asklinux@lemmy.world

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Title. I'm annoyed. It's 18c a page, and $9ish shipping, but still.

It's been a looooooong time since I've done anything with printers, so I don't know what my options are.

Really I only have 2 requirements

works well with Linux
ink prices are sane

any suggestions?

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[-] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

Parts also tend to be to easy to get. So even if the drum is almost done, you can easily find a replacement. I find business stuff tends to have actually useful manuals and maintenance guides.

[-] b_tr3e@feddit.org 1 points 10 months ago

Sure. Business usually has maintenance contracts, so support costs the vendors actual money.

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