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It's time to replace a printer here which is a Samsung SCX-3405 wireless scan + b/w laser printer. HP bought Samsung printing a while back and I don't care for HP consumer level products. I hear great things about Brother.

Here's what I'd like to end up with...

Must have: - Integrated print server - wireless networking - b/w laser printing

Nice to have: - ethernet - duplex printing - integrated power supply (no power brick for the printer)

Could have: - scanner - color ( I won't disqualify for color if it's a good fit, but don't want it)

Must not have: - HP logo or HP printer with different branding

It's time to replace a printer here which is a Samsung SCX-3405 wireless scan + b/w laser printer. HP bought Samsung printing a while back and I don't care for HP consumer level products. I hear great things about Brother. Here's what I'd like to end up with... Must have: - Integrated print server - wireless networking - b/w laser printing Nice to have: - ethernet - duplex printing - integrated power supply (no power brick for the printer) Could have: - scanner - color ( I won't disqualify for color if it's a good fit, but don't want it) Must not have: - HP logo or HP printer with different branding
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Printers are the spawn of Satan. They are evil. If you let one into your home, it will steal your soul. Do not touch the printer. It's working as not-expected.

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It is a drama around here any time someone needs to print. The family has learned helplessness.

"GAHH! Dad! Will you help me print!?"

Sure, let's just hit Ctrl-P and see what happens... printing noises ... It says it is jammed but you only have to lift the lid and close it. printing noises ... It says it is jammed, but maybe the feed paper is not properly positioned printing noises ... just open and close the lid if the light turns orange until you get your page printed.

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I won't even let one into my house.

All the evil spirits in the old electronics and furniture I have? Yah, no problem. Printer? Hell no.

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School today for kids... - You are expected to be able to print in color at home. - We don't have textbooks and you just read your screen. - Even college freshman does not have textbooks. "If you're not doing as well as you want in class can you be reading the book more?"

"We don't have a book."

The department of education cannot be closed too soon.

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Brother laser printer. Its a MFC so It has a scanner and a fax I have never hooked up but its at least 10 years old now and works great. It won't do if you need color to print but it has ethernet, USB and Wifi and it works well.

Its a MFC-L2700DW. Not sure if that model is still available but the newer version of the same thing should probably work.

Also, It works in Linux with no real configuration. Its auto-detected in Mint/Ubuntu and Fedora.

Oh, I don't know if this is true but I have been told that Brother is basically the only printer manufacture that does NOT use "microdots" for tracking you.

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Printing with CUPS then? There is good .ppd support?

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Honestly.. It's worked well enough I never bothered to look into it. I used to have to beat printers into submission to get them to work at all in *nix but having it "just work" I have just not really thought about it.

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Best advice I have.

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Every IT bro I've ever asked have said to just purchase a brother. Find yourself a brother brand printer with the specs you laid out and go with it. That brand has, by far, the least issues with integration and will work most repeatably for the longest

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Exactly what I'm reading. Maybe this is brother guerilla marketing. Or gorilla marketing.

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I also own a Brother and it has given me zero problems since I purchased it

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Brother. 100% Avoid inkjet like the plague. If the printer costs less than $100, you will spend ungodly sums of money on ink cartridges.

I bought a brother multi function laser printer in 2016 for home use, bought a second cartridge at the time of purchase [because in my prior experiences with cannon, hp, lexmark, etc.. the starting cartridge would contain basically no ink].. 8 years later I'm still using the original cartridge. I only print a few pages a month, but any other manufacturers product, I would have lost count on replacement cartridges after 8 years.

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Dell E525W. No longer made but can be bought new old stock... the price is too high for it though. It was $500 when I bought it in 18 Similar style printer B&W laser with wireless and scan. It scans to my NFSshare and shit...

Dell stopped making printers, just sells everyone elses printers now.

If I had to go buy one. I'd be looking at canon, lexmark, or epson. They have all made reliable printers that have served me well in the past.

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Those brands were not top of mind for me. Thanks for reminding me of these.