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My brother LaserJet has been unstoppable. It's on the wifi, and has never even frustrated my wife! It just prints, every time.
In 25 years I replaced it only once and that was to get a model that supported wifi. The first one could have gone another 50 years.
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Printers always run out of yellow ink first because it needs to print barely visible, 3LA-mandated fingerprints on all the pages. Even BNW prints. Especially BNW prints.
If the FBI canβt find the printer youβre using to disseminate information about government crimes, how will they punish whistleblowers?
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I bought a Brother HL-L2375DW a couple of years back specifically for Linux compatibility, and it did NOT disappoint.
- haven't had a single error
- has not refused to print a single Tims
- super quick, good quality, duplex
- using cheap 3rd party toner without complaint
- works perfectly from Linux
I dint usually like to recommend brands/products, but this is the exception. If you need a printer, and black and white is all you need, go for this one.
Recently got a the Brother L2460DW and that thing was not expensive yet works so well. I got rid of a Canon Inkjet that no longer has supported print drivers. The Canon did fine with third party ink but it was from like 2009 and lasted to 2026 so I figured it did its duty with honor.
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I did not choose a printer but I have this one at home and it is really good. Definitely adequate for home use.
My windows computers always fought with printers, but since I switched to Linux Mint both printers in my house have just done what I asked. Maybe it was never the printer that was the problem.
Oh how the turntables
Printing on Linux used to be a massive pain because CUPS, until I learned that I can just yeet PDFs at network printers with nc.
I can't fathom Windows printing being worse than CUPS somehow. But then again I'm pretty sure last time I printed anything on Windows it was via a parallel port.
I have always had decent success with CUPS and old printers, so like printers that are 15+ years old. It just works. Now with newer printers you'd have to be a sucker for punishment to go that route.
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Yeah, maybe it's the proprietary printer adware.
I fucking hated when places like HP stopped putting out basic drivers and forced the bloated print and scan app on everyone who wasn't using it over the network
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My father migrated to linux (mint) a couple of years ago and some time after, he said that he got a printer and asked if I could help him configure it when I got some free time. He then never mentioned it again, until I remembered and asked him. He said that he didn't need help after all, because it was very easy on linux.
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Same. Biggest eye-opener for me. My printer was located and installed automatically during setup. Same for all my other devices. It just fucking worked, and I legit cried a bit because I've wasted a significant portion of my life dealing with printer and driver issues on windows.
To make the fairy tale work out:
- Brother laser printer. It's there, it works, and I don't have to think about it.
On the other extreme, inkjet is just busted. I'll give ecotank some appreciation for not having an ink resupply problem, but clogs like crazy and have to spend forever trying to unclog it if I have to use it.
Then there's HP, a brand that just works every day to think how to screw over printer purchasers to get more money out of them microtransaction style.
I love my Brother laser printer!
Half the time my printer refuses to acknowledge that it even exists. Windows lists it as an unknown device quite a lot of the time.
I've started to think it might be easier to 3D print a printing press and just do it manually.
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Bought a 20-year-old used Brother printer for $25, and it runs just fine! Bought it when I planned to print my thesis and figured straight up buying it is cheaper than going to the print shop.
It still prints all I ever need to print, and I never had to change or even refill anything. I did have to install drivers as the printer is not supported in CUPS by default, but drivers are still available on the official site (as well as AUR, my Arch friends), and looks like even some spare parts are still available for purchase.
It also doesn't have any connectivity except USB, which adds some peace of mind.
My Brother never failed me, praise for this one in a million company.
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I have a printer that works. B&W laser printer from Samsung. It survived multiple windows update, and still works on Linux.
Guess that's why Samsung discontinued their printer business and sold it to HP.
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We can go to the moon, but can't have a printer that works.
OP is right. Brother laser printer will never let you down. It will also never run around or desert you.
Kind of. Some of the newer models use chip identification and refuse to print if they think the toner is out. The L3765CDW has been something of a nightmare...
I love the chapter βBlack text requires cyanβ. π
Ive got an electric brick in the shape of a printer because apparently if you stop paying for the ink subscription it just stops working.
Letβs see if it ever launches, but Iβll be keeping this in mindβ¦
I have never wanted to shake anything as bad as I've wanted to shake a printer.
I had an okay Canon inkjet for a little while, but the ink prices sucked. Still infinitely better than an HP, hate those things so much.
Never buying an hp ever again. Between the drivers, setup issues, networking issues and short lifespan, im done. Not even a heavy user, but i am in the industry, so do know what im doing.
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Reporting in with a hassle free printer like some other commenters.
I have a Canon monotone LaserJet MFP I bought at a big box store with no prior research like four or five years ago. Been great. Always just works.
Can't confirm, my 12 yo HP LJ still spits out pages as expected, and doesn't even complain about the aftermarket toner carts I use.
I would say I miss when printers were good, but they never were..... Just less awful than they are now.
Edit: totally forgot, the printer was single sided for the first 10 years I had it, and I have no idea why (other than windows windows-ing) it suddenly started printing duplex after I migrated to Linux!
i wish i could use a laser printer but all the cool paper products require inkjet.
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Got a new Brother and its been a welcome addition to the family, no doubt.
I never had any issues with Canon or Brother printers at work, but HP printer are almost always unnecessarily complicated and frustrating all the way through, starting at the initial setup.
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Text and image printers are so bad now, I think it might be easier to modify my 3D printers to reproduce a document with a pen.
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Right now I'm the only one in the house who can print without issues and it's only from my phone via WiFi. The desktop and another phone cannot print at all. A 3rd phone can print but has to select the paper tray on the touchscreen every time.
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