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    Asking a Linux user to recommend a printer (tesseract.dubvee.org)
    submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/linuxmemes
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    BTW, I've had my Brother laser MFP for 11 years and still on the original toner.

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    [–] cogman 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Yup. If you are going to own a printer, get a laser black and white printer and keep it forever. Do not get an inkjet printer. And if you need color prints (you don't) you can literally just do those at walgreens, cvs, or a bunch of other stores that will do color prints.

    The only time you should get an inkjet printer is if you are a busy photographer selling a bunch of prints and you've hit the point where doing color prints through a store has become too expensive.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    And high volume. Believe it or not, inkjets have lower cost per page than lasers. Especially with the newer tank-based printers, but they were already cheaper before those.

    The trick is that you have to use up all the ink before it dries. Printing out a few odd documents per year won't do that. That's most people's use case, and lasers are superior for that because toner doesn't dry out.

    There are a few odd niches for inkjets, but he sub-$100 printer market should die in a fire. If you can't afford a somewhat more expensive printer, then you're not going to be able to afford the ink.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

    Believe it or not, inkjets have lower cost per page than lasers. Especially with the newer tank-based printers, but they were already cheaper before those.

    I'm struggling with this, what inkjet can I run cheaper than a laser? My real world example, we switched from HP 62xl (480 pages @ $50) to Brother TN660 (2600 pages @ $60) which seemed impossible to beat. We only do black and white, and can burn through a TN660 in a month. Please teach me the ways

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Usually have to go up higher in the market, but take a look at any review site that focuses on printers. Different sites will have slightly different methods, so you can't compare across different sites. That said, if you check between lasers and the better inkjets on the same site, the inkjets tend up being cheaper per page.

    But again, you have to run through the entire ink before it dries. If you don't do that, then get a laser.

    [–] kbotc 1 points 7 months ago

    Ink also runs when wet, so caveat emptor if you plan on your paper existing anywhere with water.