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Is there a best version, say as replacement for a basic ink jet printer doing an average of 2 pages a day?

I have a basic Canon which, to be fair, has worked well for ten years or more but I want to be ready for when it eventually stops working.

>>dazc+(OP)
you should be able to get a not much used Brother color laser from eBay for less than 150 bucks...

>>dazc+(OP)
I have a Brother DCP L2530DW: black and white laster, wi-fi, with scanner. Works perfectly for my use case (scanning invoices, printing tickets and mail), no need for a specific app be it on Android, Windows or Linux.

I'm only using the Brother Windows app for scanning purposes, as the OCR works well for my needs.

It's been 2.5 years, no issues whatsoever, just needed one toner change after a while.

>>dazc+(OP)
I might be one of the very few ro see it like that, but for low print volume withoutbany speciap needa regarding print quality and size, I'd propably go for one Canons or Epsons pay-per-page subscription models. Costs oer page are dirt cheap, printers aren't very expensive neither and there models with decent document scanning.

There is a reason laser printers usually have their own room or remote corner in offices, they aren't really great for air quality.

>>CrlNvl+K1
I've recently bought the same one. Only thing that surprised me was the double-line dot-matrix LCD from ~30 years ago. In terms of usability this isn't great (entering the WiFi password was no fun), but most of the time it's used with a second device anyway.

>>hef198+72
I don’t think 2 pages a day is going to be base for most rooms in the home with decent ventilation. Like if you live in a city I suspect you breathe in more particulates from tire wear in the air.

As for price, a hl-2140 is $50 and will last you for 10k pages if not more. I don’t think inkjet pricing economics ever win here even with the pay per use the latest “pricing innovation” the inkjet companies have invented. I love that my laser printer has 0 maintenance aside from filling the paper tray and I never have to think about it. It ran out toner after like 7 years of very occasional printing and there was lots of advance warning. The printer itself just works with no issues.

>>vlovic+w7
If you get a decent quality laser for 50 bucks, well, the question is settled.

>>hef198+72
Epson's cheapest plan (printer + 1,250 pager per month) seems to be $14.99/mo. Not if that's a great deal if you only print 60 pages on average unless you need to buy a new printer each year for some reason.

Seems like the subscription might be a decent deal if you actually print quite a lot, though.