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What printer should I buy next? (UK) (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Our old printer has finally died and I'm coming with little to no knowledge of what to buy next. Our old printer was HP which required proprietary software to use the scanner and also ran the software on startup which all feels a little icky. Everything I've read about HP lately (as well as the quality of this printer TBH) makes me never want to buy from them again.

Just need something cheap and cheerful to print a couple of invoices a month that doesn't connect to the Internet or have AI or whatever other fancy but (for me) unnecessary features printers are doing now.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions :)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Brother laser printers are about the only remaining option that isn't full of spyware and designed simply as a cash cow for ink sales. Toner doesn't dry up or go bad if you don't use it a lot as long as it's not exposed to extreme temperatures, moisture, etc. And Brother printers don't have DRM on their toner cartridges or a requirement to be online to verify you're using approved ink/toner yet before youre allowed to print or a licensing model rather than ownership like some.