Laser printers are the best. You sacrifice the quality of dense pictures, but gain incomparable speed and reliability. It’s especially worth it if you print less often, because the ink dries up if you don’t print every once in a while and you end up buying new ink even though the cartridge is full, but the toner just sits there indefinitely.
you forgot the best part, the papers are all nice and warm
My home office used to be extremely cold in the mornings, somewhat humid. And printer lives by the window. Meaning if I printed in the morning as the sun rose, I could see just a bit of steam coming off the page at the rollers as it was printing. Along with the warmth of the paper, and a cup of coffee… Nirvana.
Nnnnnneeeeeeerrrrrrdddddd
imo the best printer is somebody else’s printer, i.e your school’s, work’s, or library’s. Not worth dealing with that shit
Sure but what if you’re in your underwear and want to print a pretty page right now?
If your employer won’t let you in to print a picture off in your underwear… what are they even doing!?
Try printing color with your $150 laser printer.
Ok. My HL-3170CDW color laser was on sale for like $160 when I got it almost 10 years ago. Still on the original oem toner and drums, and just printed off a bunch of stuff in color last week.
People love laser printers (and rightfully so compared to inkjets), but ink tanks fix most of the issues with inkjets.
Ink tanks are refilled with generic ink, as opposed to proprietary cartridges. They thus have vastly cheaper running costs, even more so than lasers, which still needs replacements for their drum units every few years.
Also, laser toner is literally fine microplastic powder, and printing works by depositing and “baking” this powder onto paper. Laser printers result in terrible indoor air quality without adequate ventilation.
First off, inkjet printers have way more issues than the ink being expensive.
Secondly, the average household isn’t going to be printing enough to have to replace the drum every few years, or for toner dust to have an actual impact on indoor air quality.
My laser printer is nearly 20 years old, and I’ve only ever changed the drum because it came packaged with the toner cartridge, and I’ve only had to change that once.
I’m unfortunately very sensitive to those particles from laser printers. They’re really good at triggering migraines, so I could never have a laser printer at home.
Holy shit. I’m going to have to pay attention to the next time I print a bunch and headaches…I’m beginning to think there might be a correlation that you just solved for me.
You guys still print your stuff on paper? In the year 2025?
What should we be printing it on?
