I bought a monochrome HL series almost a decade ago (on sale for $50), and haven't yet needed to replace the drum. I buy toner refills for $15 once or twice a year, and it's always had Linux support. Total cost of ownership, paper excluded, has been around $20/yr.
I'm about to buy a new Brother color laser, as soon as they go on sale again. I'm strangely thrilled.
I was gifted a high end HPOJ Pro and a small mountain of cartridges (it takes 5 or 6 colors!) several years ago (my SO used it for school), and the cartridges once installed dried out or 'expired' long before they were ever depleted.
Now that she doesn't need it, it's going to electronic recycling sooner than later. If they hadn't thrown in the ink, I couldn't imagine shelling out $45-60 on it at regular intervals just to be able to print anything. It's practically a subscription fee shakedown just to use the damned thing.
I'm about to buy a new Brother color laser, as soon as they go on sale again. I'm strangely thrilled.
I was gifted a high end HPOJ Pro and a small mountain of cartridges (it takes 5 or 6 colors!) several years ago (my SO used it for school), and the cartridges once installed dried out or 'expired' long before they were ever depleted.
Now that she doesn't need it, it's going to electronic recycling sooner than later. If they hadn't thrown in the ink, I couldn't imagine shelling out $45-60 on it at regular intervals just to be able to print anything. It's practically a subscription fee shakedown just to use the damned thing.