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>>rntn+(OP)
I tell anybody who asks, if you need a printer, then 1) avoid inkjet printers and 2) I recommend Brother laser printers.

I've owned 4 Brother printers since the 90s. The first one lasted more than a decade, and I put it through the wringer. The next one lasted about the same, including a stint as EIC of a magazine which meant I printed a ton of proofs on that poor thing. They all worked easily with Linux, to boot.

I currently own two, one color and one multi-function B&W. They don't actually get a ton of usage but <knocks wood> they work when I need them to and I'm not constantly buying toner for the things.

(I'm sure other folks have horror stories because somebody always does no matter what product, but they've served me well enough - and certainly Brother doesn't seem to be as customer hostile as HP.)

>>jzb+C5
Newer Brothers printers are starting to do the same tricks.

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>>jmisav+k6
So if Brother is out, which printer is still reasonable to buy? Are there any?

>>JohnFe+wf
Anyone have thoughts on Canon laser printer? My Brother laser printer keeps on having lines and dots despite changing the toner and fuser. I've kind of given up on them. Canon seems much lower price for a similar feature set so I'm wondering what is the catch.

>>pkaye+vs
I got a Canon LBP233dw, it's a bit wonky in terms of build quality (my old HP1010 is just such a tank), but it does work with 3rd party cartridges, one of which (10000 pages) I bought right away (it said "works without chip check removal"). The printer seems fine after almost 15000 pages, the only issue is that it complains about this 3rd party stuff, so you have to press "OK", when it starts up.

PS oh, and if you want super high print quality, probably you should get an LBP236dw, which adds PostScript support.

>>ac130k+zV
Thanks for the feedback. I'll seriously consider the Canon because the my Brother 5900DW is causing me so much problems. I don't print a lot so not too concerned about 3rd party cartridges.