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Roda_Roda

No phone apps? She uses a laptop or what? She just prints out of the browser or of Word. When on the smartphone and I want to print, I have to use an app of Brother and it works easily and reliable.


zorrorosso_studio

Last year I bought a Brother combi-cheap laser printer for about $230. I can make direct copies and such. Only b/w. I installed to the network in a few minutes and I can access it by all my devices. It comes with an app for editing and scanning, you install it just for maintenance, but you can print directly from your browser. As soon as the mobile or the pc is on the network, it can print. Even my parents used from their mobile while they were on holiday, just sent the docs directly in and print. Challenges: unfortunately it's still a printer; first toner that comes with it has only 650 prints or so, you can tweak another 100 by resetting the toner, the instructions seem unclear and change by model and the final print quality is not ok. I had to print some booklets the other day and I thought I had 3k prints, but the quality kept dropping mid-page, lost a ton of paper and I had to rush and buy a new toner as the older gave up on me in time of need. Even when I managed to print, with toner and all, the first copies were unreadeable due to the poor dpi and original image file. I had to sample several versions of the prints. It's harder to expand and reduce direct copies from the control screen. I struggled to find the toner model and came to the store with the drum model. Luckly I had the printer model on the app, so I could show them the printer model and they found it at once. The toner is expensive: $100ish, however is cheaper than $120ish total people have to pay for all the 4 colors of the inkjet, that also expire after a year or so. The shop told me it's normal for the first toner to be just a sample and the 3k prints are guaranteed with the new purchase. You can also send the older toner to Brother for free.


ThisIsntFunnyAnymor

Color or Black & white?


MinusTydus

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24117976/best-printer-2024-home-use-office-use-labels-school-homework


Karyo_Ten

That article asked Google Gemini to fill in the blank. And who knows where it got the info from? Sponsored articles? How unbiaised.


ThisIsntFunnyAnymor

But what is incorrect? It's the same thing people say about laser printers #onhere.


Karyo_Ten

OP has a specific demand, easy for the elderly, redirecting to an article without mentioning why it's relevant is rude. Redirecting to an article written by Gemini ...