Recommend me a home laser printer
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I've recently bought one of these colour Brother laser printers.
https://www.viking-direct.co.uk/en/brother-hl-l324...
It's gone up in price to £189 as I got it for £163.
It's not the very latest model (which has a touch screen) but it's very easy to setup with buttons, which is the main reason you would be using the touch screen.
https://www.viking-direct.co.uk/en/brother-hl-l324...
It's gone up in price to £189 as I got it for £163.
It's not the very latest model (which has a touch screen) but it's very easy to setup with buttons, which is the main reason you would be using the touch screen.
Brother, no other.
I've despise HP printers with a passion and their ridiculous ink policies and prices, and how they can build a printer that thinks up more excuses to NOT print than it does to just fecking get on and print something.
SO after a selection of inkjets that just wouldn't print, I eventually cracked about 5 years ago and bought a Brother dcp-l3550 all in one type laser printer thingie.
Oh my god, it's like a gift from god. When I want to print something, I click the print icon and it just does it, first time , every time.
It can be months since I last printed something, but I click the little printer icon on my laptop and low and behold 5 seconds later the printer powers itself up and prints. Every bloody time.
It still makes me smile after the previous 10 years of HP inkjets that didn't.
And breathe. The mention of HP printers triggers me every time.
I've despise HP printers with a passion and their ridiculous ink policies and prices, and how they can build a printer that thinks up more excuses to NOT print than it does to just fecking get on and print something.
SO after a selection of inkjets that just wouldn't print, I eventually cracked about 5 years ago and bought a Brother dcp-l3550 all in one type laser printer thingie.
Oh my god, it's like a gift from god. When I want to print something, I click the print icon and it just does it, first time , every time.
It can be months since I last printed something, but I click the little printer icon on my laptop and low and behold 5 seconds later the printer powers itself up and prints. Every bloody time.
It still makes me smile after the previous 10 years of HP inkjets that didn't.
And breathe. The mention of HP printers triggers me every time.
Has anyone mentioned Brother? 
I've got an ancient HL-3140CW which is well north of 30K pages and still going strong!
I think Brother have really carved out a brilliant niche by bucking the trend of pay per page, ink/toner subscriptions and instrusive software. Buy it and own it is incredibly attractive when faced with the likes of HP.
I've got an ancient HL-3140CW which is well north of 30K pages and still going strong!
I think Brother have really carved out a brilliant niche by bucking the trend of pay per page, ink/toner subscriptions and instrusive software. Buy it and own it is incredibly attractive when faced with the likes of HP.
jesusbuiltmycar said:
Thanks for the recommendations, I will order a Brother tomorrow!
Just use good quality paper (80-90gsm) especially if you use duplex.Thin paper is more likely to get grabbed in 2 and jam, but good quality paper and they should be reliable for a long time.
Also check on the brother site for cashback deals.
Piersman2 said:
Brother, no other.
I've despise HP printers with a passion and their ridiculous ink policies and prices, and how they can build a printer that thinks up more excuses to NOT print than it does to just fecking get on and print something.
SO after a selection of inkjets that just wouldn't print, I eventually cracked about 5 years ago and bought a Brother dcp-l3550 all in one type laser printer thingie.
Oh my god, it's like a gift from god. When I want to print something, I click the print icon and it just does it, first time , every time.
It can be months since I last printed something, but I click the little printer icon on my laptop and low and behold 5 seconds later the printer powers itself up and prints. Every bloody time.
It still makes me smile after the previous 10 years of HP inkjets that didn't.
And breathe. The mention of HP printers triggers me every time.
Exactly my experience - it just works, never "dries out".I've despise HP printers with a passion and their ridiculous ink policies and prices, and how they can build a printer that thinks up more excuses to NOT print than it does to just fecking get on and print something.
SO after a selection of inkjets that just wouldn't print, I eventually cracked about 5 years ago and bought a Brother dcp-l3550 all in one type laser printer thingie.
Oh my god, it's like a gift from god. When I want to print something, I click the print icon and it just does it, first time , every time.
It can be months since I last printed something, but I click the little printer icon on my laptop and low and behold 5 seconds later the printer powers itself up and prints. Every bloody time.
It still makes me smile after the previous 10 years of HP inkjets that didn't.
And breathe. The mention of HP printers triggers me every time.
HP built fabulous LaserJet printers a long time ago (the heavy units at schools/offices), no bells & whistles, just a Heavy Printer. But that was 20 years ago, and their modern (domestic) offerings are a pale shadow.
biggiles said:
Exactly my experience - it just works, never "dries out".
HP built fabulous LaserJet printers a long time ago (the heavy units at schools/offices), no bells & whistles, just a Heavy Printer. But that was 20 years ago, and their modern (domestic) offerings are a pale shadow.
actually Inkjets clog the heads if you don't print enough too. And the print heads cost the same as a new printer.HP built fabulous LaserJet printers a long time ago (the heavy units at schools/offices), no bells & whistles, just a Heavy Printer. But that was 20 years ago, and their modern (domestic) offerings are a pale shadow.
if you print often, IJ can be ok.
We have <drumroll> a Brother. An MFC-9970CDW. We use parallel market refils and the drum is original (it has a neat way to clean it). 15'000 pages printed and counting.
Silverbullet767 said:
I don't even need a printer, but I'm finding myself looking at brother colour laser printers now as a "nice to have and print some nice photos for around the house" type thing.
Thanks pistonheads!
Honestly, I wouldn't bother for photos and just use an online printer for a few pence! My printer (Brother laser, natch) is black and white only.Thanks pistonheads!
MesoForm said:
Silverbullet767 said:
I don't even need a printer, but I'm finding myself looking at brother colour laser printers now as a "nice to have and print some nice photos for around the house" type thing.
Thanks pistonheads!
Honestly, I wouldn't bother for photos and just use an online printer for a few pence! My printer (Brother laser, natch) is black and white only.Thanks pistonheads!
If you want some nice photos for around the house either get printed online (or in Asda, Boots, Snappy Snaps etc) or buy an inkjet (and suffer the associated issues).
Colour Laser prints are not generally photo quality (there are some exceptions but are expensive to buy and run).
Worth taking a look at some of the Free Prints apps, most give you up to 50 free prints (6x4) per month and you just pay nominal amount for delivery
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