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Should have been a dancer!
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It's sad when 3D printers literally cause fewer problems than inkjets. I have to "fix" my parents' printer every time I go home.
I got a Brother laser printer like a decade and a half ago, and it was one of my best purchases in terms of saving me mental energy. It just...works, like 95% of devices I plug into my PC. As easy as a mouse. It had some software with it that I never installed, and I've replaced my computer like 3 or 4 times since then. No issues. The only maintenance was replacing the toner every few years, although I rarely print stuff now and it's been like 6 years since I did, yet the printer still works great.
That being said, I've heard that newer Brother printers are going down an enshittification path, which is sad in case I ever need to replace it. Maybe I should buy a spare older one now.
I got brother color a laser printer a little over a year ago. My wife is a teacher and prints around 4 cases a year. I got it because it has a duplex scanner (both sides of the paper in one pass) for my business. It's awesome for invoices etc.
So far it's worked very well. It complains a bit when I put the non-OEM toner cartridges into it but it works.
In the grand scheme of things given how much we use it, it's pretty cheap.
A color printer would be nice, but I probably can't justify it when 99% of what I print is B&W. I can duplex, but it sucks the paper back in, which is fine for personal use. I can imagine that being slow for constant printing.
But good to know that Brother's still going strong! I've only used OEM toner, but that's mainly because I rarely change it. But toner's still way cheaper than HP ink. Maybe the enshittification thing I heard was overblown. I can't believe something on the Internet was wrong! :0