[abustamam]

I owned a Brother inkjet for some time. I'd print maybe a few times a year. But it seemed like every time I needed to print, the printer was out of ink. Granted I used an ink service (ie not official brother ink) but still where the heck was the ink going?

I've since switched to a Brother LaserJet and I'm still on the starter toner after a couple of years.

[Gigachad]

An inkjet printer has to be used at least monthly if not more often. If you left it plugged in, the printer was likely squirting ink in to a waste tank to prevent the nozzles from drying out and ruining the printer.

Laser toner can sit unused without drying out (it's dry powder already).

[abustamam]

Oh that's interesting. Yes that is exactly what it did! Didn't think that'd use so much ink though!

[iamjackg]

I realized just a couple weeks ago that I've had my Brother laser printer for 10 years, and I've only changed the toner once -- so long ago that I don't remember when that was.