I had a Brother laser printer for a long ass time. I asked for it for a gift for either Christmas or my birthday as a teen because I’m a dweeb. It had an awesome feature called something like “continue print” or “print continue” or something that would force the printer to attempt to print even if your toner was low.
I think nowadays I’ve heard even Brother’s newer models don’t have this feature and will force you to replace the toner when it’s low instead of just going until it physically can’t anymore.
But after many years, the print head started printing funky and blotchy even with fresh toner and even after attempting to clean and fiddle with the corona wire. I’m sure someone that knew more than me could have figured it out eventually.
I was graduating from grad school at the time and just ended up chucking it in the bin when I moved, but it pained me a bit to do so considering how much of a tank it was. After I graduated I rarely need to print anything and usually just run to a print shop instead.
I wholeheartedly recommend Brother laser printers from the time, but I can’t say whether or not modern ones are as good or not.
debeluhar@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I would love to buy laser printer, but sometimes we still need to print at home with colors.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Brother makes fantastic color laser printers too. I’ve had mine for 11 years, replaced the toner carts on it twice. They are NOT cheap - $200ish for cymk - but you’ll get years of prints from them. It’s not a photoprinter, but the resolution on it is great. Handles the whole family’s print work, easy to access, no driver bullshit, just works out of the box.
debeluhar@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I would rather pay a little bit more for toner if it works. I am serously thinking about color laser printer when my printer stops wokring. I was looking at some brother color laser printer for around 250€ which is not a lof if this stuff works. Photo quality isn’t important for me, so I thinks this could work for us.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Mine did not, not sure what’s out there 13 years later. TBH, I have a flatbed scanner I used when my dad died (scanning photos) then when my wife’s grandmother died (again) and then when my mom died (again scanning photos). Basically, it stays unplugged until unfortunate phone calls come in the middle of the night. If I need to ‘scan’ a doc my phone does a fine job.
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Some brother printers have a fax and and scanner built in. It’s a feeder though, not a flatbed. Could matter if you’re trying to scan photos instead of documents.