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?
Brother laserjet.
If you start haunting your local thrift stores, there’s a good chance you’ll be able to pick up one in good nick for, like, 15 bucks or so.
Throw in a $12 aftermarket toner cartridge and you’ll be ready to rock and roll.
I will say though, if you can test the printer at the thrift store, some brother printers have an issue where there’s like a hammer on the side that is made out of a sticky cork substance, and when it breaks down over time, it will stick to the thing that it hammers on and not be able to print a second page.
To fix that, it’s a very difficult and expensive process of using a screwdriver to remove three or four screws and then putting a piece of scotch tape over the cork pad so that it won’t stick anymore.
yup. even their color laser printers are good.
I agree, I have had mine for years at this point. A monochrome wireless printer. Maybe print out 10 pages a year and still works great.
I bought a Brother black and white laser printer in 2019 or so. I print around 10 pages a month on average and I’m still using the starter toner cartridge. Not bad for a $100 printer in my opinion.