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why LaserJet ?
I use
HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 3545e All-in-One Printer
LowEndPrinters
For fast printing thats why I put laserjet.
Brother
I prefer brother as well. HP however is famous for refurbished toners ( so cheaper in the long run )
+1 Xerox / HP
I use the color laser dell 3115cn, and have been using it since 2008, great printer.
I have an Oki C711n at home that we bought from RadioShack going out of business, it's a damn good printer.
Laser printers can be more expensive, but in the long run you will save money depending on your printing habits. I use a Laserjet M1132 MFP and have a print cost that is lower than 0,01USD (0,02BRL) per page, vs ~0,02USD (0,07BRL) on inkjet (full page of text only, including paper). As I print ~1500 pages/month at home, I'm saving aprox. US$10,00/month. Compatible toners for HP printers can be cheaper than some XL HP ink cartridges and can print 4-5x more pages (~400 pages for a 10ml vs ~1.800 pages for a compatible CE285A toner).
Toners don't get clogged and can be left idle for a long time after it has been used for the first time too.
I would recomend:
In that order.
Xerox is fun - watch this talk. Older models randomly replace numbers in scans due to image matching.
I really don't recommend anyone to use Xerox: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150815/02480731963/your-toner-is-no-good-here-region-coding-ink-cartridges-customers.shtml
And they don't give you any notice about that when you are purchasing printers/toners.
I have a HP Color Jet 2600n, old but works well.
Dell tend to sell rebranded Samsung printers cheap. I used to have a cheap colour laser from them and it was fine until I needed to replace 4 colour toner cartridges and then I realised it's not a good idea for most people. I would consider toner prices waaay before printer price on this.
That's weird, our Xerox printer shows how much percentage and estimated days of usage is left for supply replacement.
They don't notice you that toners bought on another geographical location will not work on your printer and, worst, will render your printer unusable.
Lexmark E-series laser printers have a good paper handling mechanism; the toner cartridge is easy to remanufacture, and therefore cheap (original supplies are not worth the money). By the way, when the volume of black and white A4 prints is high, it is usually cheaper and faster to have separate B/W and color printers. We have 50+ Lexmark E250DN I bought in 2007 and they are still going. They need servicing at 30-40K pages but it is easy and I do it in-house.
The other brand I use at work is Ricoh (also known as Gestetner/NRG/Lanier/Nashuatec), because some popular A3 and A4 multifunction printers are easy to service and all the spare parts are available for cheap on the market. They have an astonishing good long term support: as example, Windows 10 and OSX El Capitan are officially supported on Nashuatec Aficio DSM615, a multifunction printer launched in 2004 (all the spare parts are still available).
HP home printers are mostly made of cheap plastic and breaks after a few years due to the warping/aging of the internal parts. HP Office printers are good instead, but they cost more and the Windows drivers are a bloatware nightmare (or at least they were a few years ago).
They still are.
We have a Brother HL-3070CW toners are about $90 for the 4 pack of all colors. It's a great work horse