[tjohns]

Just stick with laser printers and you're fine, even with HP.

The problems all seem to be on the inkjet side. Aside from needing to print photos... laser printers are cheaper, more reliable, have higher quality output, and don't need special drivers. (And for the special case of photos, dedicated 4x6 dye sublimation printers are better than inkjet anyway.)

[Brian_K_White]

My color hp laser has chips on the toner carts and refuses to use refilled generic toner.

I had to actually transfer the chips from hp toner to the generic ones. And now it still complains that they're "empty" but at least it's possible to print.

My Samsung color laser before that did the same.

[tjohns]

Out of curiosity, which model do you have? I have a current generation HP M454 Color LaserJet, and there's an option in the menu ("Cartridge Policy") to allow use of third-party toner cartridges.

According to the manual, it defaults to allowing third-party cartridges - you have to go out of your way to turn the authenticity check on.

[Brian_K_White]

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There is a nice option on a settings screen labelled "protect cartridges" which has a nice looking "off" setting, which does nothing in reality.

[jwr]

That's what I have been doing for years — but using Brother. Most boring printers ever. They just sit there and print when you need them to. From a Mac, from an iPhone, doesn't matter, they just do the job. No drama.

[cryptos]

Laser printers are not necessarily cheaper. Business class ink printers have a lower cost/page in many cases.

[Nextgrid]

The second hand market has enough printers that I would just buy whatever second hand laser you can get - the savings from it being used would offset whatever cost-per-page difference there is anyway.