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Go to any place that sells used electronics and look for a Brother laser printer from the last 10 years. You can probably find a high end one under $30 if you're patient or live in/near a larger city.
Inkjet is better quality printing, but they fucking suck for nearly every other reason. Toner can be expensive, but it basically never goes bad or dries up. I've seen Brother last 20+ years of regular use.
Brother has started pulling the same bullshit as the other printer companies now.
Yeah, heavy emphasis on buying a used one. I guess at least a model from ~2023 or earlier. It's difficult to escape this kind of nonsense with printers without spending a lot of money or time on hacking it
yeah laser is the way to go for printers.. we've had the same toner for like 3 years now and it prints just fine
Thank for the advice