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I just paid $10 to print 2 black and white pages. What printer should I get to never do that again? (piefed.social)

submitted 2 days ago by Kraiden@piefed.social to c/asklinux@lemmy.world

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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?

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It can't be overstated: Brother laser.

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

If you’re going to buy a printer (any printer) for very infrequent use, make sure to protect it from dust.

I just threw away my Brother Laser (stored in a very dusty location) because of dust all through the works making streaks on every print.

I started with a series of white dots on each page, and in order to fix that I cleaned the whole outer case, blew out the toner cartridge area with canned air, and installed a new toner cartridge.

Result: white speckles on each page AND several big black streaks down the whole page. 😡

I’m sure somebody who knows how to clean them properly could have resuscitated the thing but I ended up contributing to e-waste instead.

Better to keep it in a cabinet with doors, or store it inside a pillowcase or something for the 18-month duration between prints.

[–] swearengen@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

so that's why it does that.

5 years in with no cover and I go a few months between prints but I notice the odd streak here and there. Dust makes sense.

[–] bulwark@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Same, I've had the same brother color laser printer for 15 years running on linux, and I think I've bought ink maybe 4 times.