[manyxcxi]

I have a 15 year old Brother black and white laser all-in-one and a 6 year old black and white laser with Wi-Fi still on the starter toner in my office.

They work on Linux, Mac, and Windows. I can print to the Wi-Fi one from my iPhone.

In over 20 combined years I’ve never had a paper jam, magically been out of toner, or found myself in a pinch. The new(er) one has a very low power deep sleep so I don’t even have to fully turn it off.

I’ll probably never buy another printer, but as long as Brother doesn’t turn heel, my next printer will 100% be from them.

[BMorearty]

Even if your old one does start to go bad, I discovered it can be more effective to repair than replace for a multifunction printer/scanner. My old Brother was on the fritz a year ago. After being shocked by prices for new ones, I found a printer repair shop across the Bay from me. They fixed it for much less than the price of a new one. And they told me to keep it as long as I can because it’s such a good piece of hardware.

[_fat_santa]

I bought a basic B&W brother toner printer back in college and it's still kicking on the original toner. I love the thing because it just freaking works, always worked out of the box on Windows/Mac and Linux with no additional drivers (there is one but it worked fine without them).

I've got the HL-L2300D and I recommend it to anyone that just 'needs a damn printer'.