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Which consumer grade printer should I buy?

Title, basically. My old torture device needs to be replaced, and while it’s been mostly working OK, printers have no excuse for being as shitty as they are. So therefore I am looking for suggestions.

Specs:

  • Must include a flatbed scanner
  • prints in color
  • Wifi connection preferred
  • No PaaS or IaaS bullshit
  • No driver weirdness. I’m going to use it on linux.
  • Available “anywhere”.
  • Ability to sit powered and connected in my HarryPotteresque “server room” under the stairs for ages, unattended, and work without hazzle when I send it the bimonthly print job.

I know the geek community likes Brother. Any particular model?

For reference, this new printer will replace my aging Canon Pixma 4250.

BearOfaTime ,

Upvote for “my old torture device”… I’ll be stealing that

tilefan ,

I can’t think of any brand that’s going to be connected to Wi-Fi that eventually isn’t going to cut off your ability to scan when you run out of a certain color of ink.

I bought a last generation flatbed scanner for like $15 and a Canon printer that will never be connected to the internet

brokenlcd ,

I think the options may be either:

An ecotank, the problem with them is that it doesnt respect the last point, since if it’s not used in a while the ink it’s going to dry and clog the print head, but i’ve seen some pretty good prints coming out of them+ on aliexpress you can get ink + other bits for cheap

A brother mfc, if i remember correctly there where color laser variants, the problem with them is cost and size, if i remember correctly they are office printers, space was not taken in cosideration when they where desined, so they are huge compared to standard printers + the ink cartriges are expensive, but last forever, i’m not sure if you can find cartiges on aliexpress, toner refills are more likely, but can be very messy and requiring cutting a hole in the cartriges, and i’ve found out that for the b/w toner printers it’s the most economical way of getting ink for them

Sorry for the length of the comment.

xonigo , (edited )

I have a brother b&w laser printer with scanner (hl-l2390dw) that I got after years of grief from an awful canon inkjet that would clog after 2 weeks of no use. Went through so many ink cartridges on that thing.

I love the brother now. It can sit around for weeks and when I do occasionally need to print something it comes out great. Sure I do miss printing color but I can always send a print job over to Walgreen or Staples and they’ll have it printed out in an hour with better quality than a consumer inkjet printer can put out

Mine works with Linux so no issues there

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