[alanfranz]

Please, try being a bit more accurate when answering on HN.

Your Brother printer just happens to be a laser printer, most manufacturers offer them, you can buy Canon laser printers as well.

They’re usually placed in an higher price bracket, though, so the economics are different (printer price is likely not subsidized).

The brand has nothing to do with the tech, though. And AFAIK it’s possible to add chips to toners, just the same way as you can have chipless inkjets.

[enonevets]

I was sharing what printer I got and that I was happy with it. Nothing more. Yes, it’s a laser printer. No, it wasn’t meant to be a comparison to Canon, ink printers, or any other printers. I’m not sure why you felt like I was trying to compare them.

[alanfranz]

So, what was your contribution to the discussion?

The article is about Canon inkjets, mostly consumer ones. You said:

"Switched to a Brothers printer well over a decade ago that uses toner instead of ink and couldn’t be happier."

So, you seemed (I may have been mistaken, but your statement was far from being clear and explicit) to make quite an apple-to-oranges comparison. First, you were likely comparing products from different price brackets, then, you were comparing products with different technologies.

How does the brand matter? But the first thing you said was "Brothers", as if it was the most important and relevant info. You really seemed to imply that "Brothers" is what matters here.

If you said "I switched from low-end inkjets a decade ago, now I use SOHO laser printers - mine happens to be a Brother one which I find great", that would have been perfectly fine to me. Or even if you said "Canon low-end inkjets are crap - buy low-end Brother inkjets and they're far better!" - all of those are great contributions. Yours wasn't.

[credittw2021]

Historically, Brother has done a better job of getting affordable lasers or laser like printers out to consumers. Canon rested on their laurels and played catch up afterwards (much like they did in the mirrorless camera space)

[alanfranz]

That's totally possible, but laser tech exists beyond Brother nevertheless. And Brother does sell inkjets as well; so there's no 1:1 match between "Brother" and "toner".