Looking for a printer. Whats your opinion? (lemmy.world)

submitted 23 hours ago by TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Hey lemmy. I've been paying out of pocket to get stickers printed from online printing companies. But its getting expensive and I think I'd like to get a printer to do the job.

HOWEVER, I've been avoided getting a printer, because, well, the whole thing is just a shit show. Our household went through like a printer a year for almost four years. Between ink prices, and the printers just failing, we threw our hands up and said fuck it. Not playing this game, so we shifted to printing services or the local library.

So I'm looking for a very basic (I think?) printer. Honestly, a black only printer might even be fine. I've heard I think that maybe Canons or Brothers are the ones you want and HP's are to be avoided. The purpose of the printer will be to print stickers on sticker paper. What printer should I buy?

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[-] Sequentialsilence@lemmy.world 26 points 23 hours ago

You are correct that Canon and Brother tend to be the best straight forward printers. Brother is better for laser printing and Canon is better for ink jet printing. If you go ink jet go with individual cartridges instead of the combined cartridges it’s way less fuss.

If you can do laser the basic Brothers just work. We had one in our woodshop for almost a decade. Sawdust spray paint etc. and it just did not care. It didn’t end up dying even, we just swapped it for a color version, and we’re on year 4 with that one.

[-] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I've got a small Canon MFC laser printer/copier. No complaints at all. It only prints black and white but I tend to scan more than print so that was a big focus for me when I bought it.

[-] regedit@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago

Now THIS is a recommendation! My next printer (fuck HP) will be a Brother laser printer!

[-] coalie@piefed.zip 4 points 23 hours ago

I have been thinking about replacing my brother laser with a color laser. Not sure how much I would use it outside of printing commie things for Pathfinder games though.

[-] Maestro@fedia.io 5 points 21 hours ago

Maybe just go with a B&W printer and go to the local copy shop or library for the occasional color print? That's what I do.

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