Looking for a printer advice

[enboig]

I have a HP officejet 8500 printer, and it was been working for 10 years; but now I cannot find anywere original ink, and it refuses to work on 3rd party.

So it has come time to search for a replacement... my requirements are:
* print about 150 pages monthly
* automatic dual sided printing (duplexer)
* color
* scanner

I was wondering about a laser printer, but laser+color+scanner+duplex seems an impossible combo with HP; so I am open to other brands with good linux support.
I would appreciate a budget under 200€; but I don't mind paying more if it lasts 10 years.

[Autodave]

I was wondering about a laser printer, but laser+color+scanner+duplex seems an impossible combo with HP; so I am open to other brands with good linux support.
I would appreciate a budget under 200€; but I don't mind paying more if it lasts 10 years.[/QUOTE]

Really? My HP Laser Jet Pro MFP m277dw does all of that. If I get a chance, I will search, but that should be easy to find.

[Autodave]

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=hp+laserj..._ts-doa-p_8_22

There's a few to get you started.

[SeijiSensei]

I've had good success with Brother printers. That said, the combination of color scanning and color laser printing is going to cost you a lot more than 200 euros. The contemporary equivalent to my Brother HL-3170CDW is https://www.amazon.com/Brother-HL-L3...dp/B09SCV2YDJ/. It's over $450 and has no scanner. My printer has been on sale from time to time; I bought it new from Amazon for about $200.

How often do you need to scan documents? I've found in many cases taking a photo with my smartphone works just as well. OTOH, if you're an attorney and need to send around fifty-page documents, that's not an option.

[mIk3_08]

I've had good success with Brother printers. That said, the combination of color scanning and color laser printing is going to cost you a lot more than 200 euros. The contemporary equivalent to my Brother HL-3170CDW is https://www.amazon.com/Brother-HL-L3...dp/B09SCV2YDJ/. It's over $450 and has no scanner. My printer has been on sale from time to time; I bought it new from Amazon for about $200.

How often do you need to scan documents? I've found in many cases taking a photo with my smartphone works just as well. OTOH, if you're an attorney and need to send around fifty-page documents, that's not an option.

I agree with SeijiSensei brother commercial printer are good quality for business. I've been using brother printer/scanner for 6 years now and it works smoothly with my Linux Ubuntu Operating System. Scanners works great with simple scan and xsane image scanning program. Regards and Cheers.

[him610]

Sometimes one can find practically new, refurbished printers (MFC devices) for less expen$e than a new one. A few years ago I purchased a refurbished commercial grade Brother MFC-7360N (B&W only) device for about $100 from Staples while a new one was around $350, also paid for a three year maintenance contract - it all still cost less than a new one. I still use it after all these years printing, copying, scanning, faxing - send & receive. Never had any problems with it. In my experience, Brother provides good support with their Linux drivers, and their toner cartridges are relatively inexpensive.

[mIk3_08]

Sometimes one can find practically new, refurbished printers (MFC devices) for less expen$e than a new one. A few years ago I purchased a refurbished commercial grade Brother MFC-7360N (B&W only) device for about $100 from Staples while a new one was around $350, also paid for a three year maintenance contract - it all still cost less than a new one. I still use it after all these years printing, copying, scanning, faxing - send & receive. Never had any problems with it. In my experience, Brother provides good support with their Linux drivers, and their toner cartridges are relatively inexpensive.

Wow! this is a good Idea. Thanks for sharing. Hope I can find like this soon. once again thank you very much. I am totally agree with you. Regards and Cheers.

[Tadaen_Sylvermane]

One thing to think about. How often do you really need to color print? In my families case we ended up dumping the inkjet and just keep a b/w laser around these days. We used color printing so rarely it was more efficient and less problematic to do any color printing at an office max / staples / ups store type of place. Inkjet ink is a scam and laser cartridges just keep on ticking.

[SeijiSensei]

Just thought I'd mention that Amazon has this Brother color laser on sale at $270; no scanning I'm afraid.

https://www.amazon.com/Brother-L-327...dp/B09MRMQCVW/