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I just paid $10 to print 2 black and white pages. What printer should I get to never do that again? (piefed.social)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Kraiden@piefed.social to c/asklinux@lemmy.world

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Title. I'm annoyed. It's 18c a page, and $9ish shipping, but still.

It's been a looooooong time since I've done anything with printers, so I don't know what my options are.

Really I only have 2 requirements

works well with Linux
ink prices are sane

any suggestions?

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[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

If you start haunting your local thrift stores, there's a good chance you'll be able to pick up one in good nick for, like, 15 bucks or so.

Throw in a $12 aftermarket toner cartridge and you'll be ready to rock and roll.

I will say though, if you can test the printer at the thrift store, some brother printers have an issue where there's like a hammer on the side that is made out of a sticky cork substance, and when it breaks down over time, it will stick to the thing that it hammers on and not be able to print a second page.

To fix that, it's a very difficult and expensive process of using a screwdriver to remove three or four screws and then putting a piece of scotch tape over the cork pad so that it won't stick anymore.