Our old printer has finally died and I’m coming with little to no knowledge of what to buy next. Our old printer was HP which required proprietary software to use the scanner and also ran the software on startup which all feels a little icky. Everything I’ve read about HP lately (as well as the quality of this printer TBH) makes me never want to buy from them again.
Just need something cheap and cheerful to print a couple of invoices a month that doesn’t connect to the Internet or have AI or whatever other fancy but (for me) unnecessary features printers are doing now.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions :)
Brother
Brother laser printers are about the only remaining option that isn’t full of spyware and designed simply as a cash cow for ink sales. Toner doesn’t dry up or go bad if you don’t use it a lot as long as it’s not exposed to extreme temperatures, moisture, etc. And Brother printers don’t have DRM on their toner cartridges or a requirement to be online to verify you’re using approved ink/toner yet before youre allowed to print or a licensing model rather than ownership like some.
Any printers that don’t include tracking dots? I read that pretty much all laser printers do it, but what about those using normal ink?
Epson EcoTank, or similar. No cartridges; you refill it with ink bottles.
They seem pretty good. But remember Epson = Tamagochi. If you don’t use it regularly it will die.
Hmmm? You mean in the way of all inkjet printers, that the heads get clogged?
Yes. But since Epson uses piezo instead of heat, they’re more susceptible I think.
Can be great value printers though.
Brother laser printer if you can get away with B/W only. Mine from college is still kicking fuss-free after all these years
Literally just trashed two shithole HP inkjet printers and switched to Brother laser. HP can rot in hell!
They make color laser, too
Ah, didn’t know. All the more reason to switch then
