There’s so many models and companies these days and hard to know what’s quality and refills won’t cost an arm and a leg, or what long term will last at least half a decade. Previously went with Inkjet printers, but I’m done with them since I rarely print photos. TIA for any recommendations and thoughts on your experiences on this!

  • lemming741@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    9 months ago

    Brother, obviously.

    If you think you will ever use the scanner, get one that can scan to FTP. They are ~$30 more, but usually come with a document feeder too.

    Then look into paperless-ngx

  • bblkargonaut@lemmy.world
    3·
    9 months ago

    If you live near a college, check their surplus or recycling. I got a brother printer for the low price of fixing a paper jam.

  • Extras@lemmy.today
    1·
    9 months ago

    Can only share my thoughts on the matter. Got myself a brother HL-L2320D a couple of years back and I’m not unhappy with it but I would avoid it if I could time travel. Really wish it had a dedicated Ethernet port and a scanner and I urge you to look for those features, especially since scanning apps are going the subscription route nowadays. My use case is probably different from yours but I didn’t print in color at all in the past idk 5 years now so you might save money on getting a monochrome one but really its up to you for that part.

  • tyler@programming.dev
    1·
    9 months ago

    Like everyone says. Brother. But just buy it used. You don’t need a new one. People are recommending them for a reason. They last.