Hey /g/, what printer should I buy?
I'm going to be using it to print documents, mainly for uni, and a few pictures here and there. What is my best option if I don't want to spend too much?
P.S. It wouldn't hurt to have a scanner built in!
>>53812975
I like my HP Officejet Pro 8610
>>53812975
Whatever it is, MAKE SURE that it is a laser printer. No inkjects. As soon as I got a laser printer, most of the headaches I got from dealing with my previous printers went away.
>>53813186
this
laser printers may have high initial costs but at the long-term, they worth the price
>thousands of pages per cartridge
>cartridges can be refilled
>page counter is only for information purposes and it doesn't lock the printer when it reports there's "no toner".
HP laserjets are the best if you need linux support
>>53813186
>>53813585
They have a point. I wonder about power though, I had a laser printer and I had to have a new circuit pulled for it.
I have a Brother laser printer. Works pretty well.
>>53812975
I just got an HP OfficeJet Pro 8100 inkjet. $99 and you can buy cheap cartridges off Amazon.
I need color printing for business and this printer prints both sides very easily. I really like it. It is also WIFI capable which actually is nice. It also holds a lot of paper.
I run Linux Mint and the HP drivers work perfectly. Linux just finds the printer and it is automatically ready but do install the HPLIP GUI easy interface tool.
I ran my old office jet for 6 years and it finally died. But this series of printers is really tough and made for hard use while still being really cheap.
>>53813585
Will a printer like this suffice? It seems to have most of the advantages of a laser printer.
>>53812975
Seriously, don't go inkjet. Fucking dried out cartridges and slow performance and fucking smeared ink and low quality.
You can get a brother workgroup mono laser with wi-fi and ethernet and sharp-as-fuck print quality for $100. Use snapfish or shutterfly or walmart photo for occasional pictures. Seriously. No inkjet.
