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Which consumer grade printer should I buy? (feddit.nl)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Title, basically. My old torture device needs to be replaced, and while it's been mostly working OK, printers have no excuse for being as shitty as they are. So therefore I am looking for suggestions.

Specs:

Must include a flatbed scanner
prints in color
Wifi connection preferred
No PaaS or IaaS bullshit
No driver weirdness. I'm going to use it on linux.
Available "anywhere".
Ability to sit powered and connected in my HarryPotteresque "server room" under the stairs for ages, unattended, and work without hazzle when I send it the bimonthly print job.

I know the geek community likes Brother. Any particular model?

For reference, this new printer will replace my aging Canon Pixma 4250.

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[–] cheese_greater 33 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Has to be a Brother

[–] mipadaitu 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Outdated advice (unless buying older stuff) Brother has enshittified like the rest.

[–] QuarterSwede 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

They’ve chipped their toner but the off brand stuff that has chips works perfectly fine.

Source: bought 2 different Brother B&W laser models last year and 1 Brother color laser this year for the office. The cloners have already fixed this problem. Still works better than all of the other brands by a wide margin. Those 3 print every damn time from any device we have, mobile and desktop flavor of choice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What type of chips are in these? Can you "hack" them with a flipper by chance? Like take the old RFID and write it to a new toner cart?

[–] QuarterSwede 3 points 3 months ago

No idea. They’re fairly simple and tell the printer if there is toner left or some such none sense. A used toner chip won’t work on a new toner cartridge.

[–] cheese_greater 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

So ~~who~~ what buy?