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The praise is for Brother LASER printers.

It's universally coupled with a lot discussion about how much of a scam inkjet printers are from any company.

> I don't print often, but when I do I want color so a BW laserjet isn't a good fit.

.....then....buy....a Brother COLOR laser?

The levels of arrogance in "well I can just throw out more than half the advice" is breathtaking...

...and then you have the nerve to blame the community?

>>KennyB+(OP)
TBH my Brother multifunction colour inkjet/scanner is also better than any I've used from any other printer manufacturer. No activation junk or "genuine cartridge" nonsense, it just prints.

>>KennyB+(OP)
The mastodon post to which this discussion refers to doesn't mention the word laser, nor do most of the recommendations in the rest of this discussion.

>>Doctor+N2
Really? I thought Brother started started blocking third-party ink a couple years ago, even pushing firmware updates for older Wi-Fi printers that previously allowed it.

>>g-b-r+b8
Every person learns about printers the same way.

1) Buy a cheap inkjet printer

2) Discover it runs out of quick within ~50-100 pages

3) Learn about the distinction between laser and inkjet printing

4) Buy only Brother laser printers for the rest of your life

It's a rite of passage at this point.

>>KennyB+(OP)
A color laser is worth several cheap inkjets. I don't print much so its actually cheaper to use a crappy inkjet and throw it out and get a new crappy inkjet multiple times then get a single color laserjet.