Hey, sorry if this isn’t the right place to ask this (feel free to show me the way). I want to get myself a printer that can also scan. Main purpose is to not have endless sheets of paper laying around, but to scan Documents I recieve and then throwing them away so that I only have them digitally and can print stuff out only when I need them. Now I know that printers are the worst piece of hardware known to man and my needs not office-level.It doesn’t have to have any more buttons or features than are needed to scan a doublesided document and print them, without clogging/eating paper, and print black and white text without complaining about being low on yellow ink.

So my question generally is: what is the most minimalist, non-bullshit printer/scanner that I could get? But since all my devices run Linux I figured I’d just ask this here. Are there any big issues I have to look out for? Brands to avoid? (i.e nvidia being a no go for a lot of linux users) Preferably

  • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works
    24·
    1 year ago

    I just have a simple Brother laser printer: It has never failed me. Not even sure what model it is but I imagine their scanners/MFPs are pretty similar.

    • EmasXP@lemmy.world
      6·
      1 year ago

      The Brother printer I bought recently was easier to install on Linux than on Mac. I think that says something. Always works too

    • nebs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Agreed, Brother!

      I got a Brother MFC-L2750DW and networked setup was so simple. My every device I own detected it including my phone.

      Note I haven’t tried connecting it via USB, just network.

    • Elsie@lemmy.ml
      6·
      1 year ago

      I have one and I forgot when I got it, it’s just that old and it has never failed me

    • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
      3·
      1 year ago

      Absolutely!

      Not a multi function device, but a plain printer, but I have a Borther HL-2365DW connected via 2.4 GHz WiFi and that is detected as HL-L2360D. The printer works absolutely fine. It still has the original toner cartridge and it is used 3-5 times a year without any issues.

      Before that I had a HL-2030 that died after ~14 years.

      • ikidd@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 year ago

        To be fair, I have a 4P that I still use. But yah, my Brothers have always lasted a long time and toner/ink isn’t crazy expensive. And they don’t pull DRM shit like HP and get their peepees slapped time after time.

  • feral_hedgehog@pawb.social
    13·
    1 year ago

    I got two Brother laser AIOs (MFC1910W) for my folks and myself.
    All I had to do on Arch was install brother-mfc-1910w for printing, brscan4 for scanning and oh-brother for (occasionally) upgrading the firmware, all over WiFi.
    I think more user-friendly distros come with these packages preinstalled, so it should just be a matter of opening the printer manager and waiting for it to show up.
    Don’t think they make the specific model anymore, but any Brother laser AIO should do.

    • superminerJG@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      When I used Ubuntu, I had to install the .debs off of Brother’s site by myself. They provide .deb/.rpm packages.

    • camr_on@lemmy.world
      7·
      1 year ago

      And here’s 275 words about printers I asked ChatGPT to write so this post ranks in search because Google thinks you have to pad out articles in order to demonstrate “authority,” but I am telling you to just buy whatever Brother laser printer is on sale and never think about printers again.

      Lmfao

  • CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml
    8·
    1 year ago

    As others have said, Brother laser printers are great. I’ve had mine for ~10 years, it works better on Linux than it does on Windows, and the toner cartridges last an absurdly long time. I don’t print heavily but I think I’m only on my third toner cartridge since I bought the thing.

  • HidingCat@kbin.social
    6·
    1 year ago

    Brother laser AIO, Just works, and if you don’t really print that much, the starter toner feels like it’ll last forever.

  • TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world
    6·
    1 year ago

    A Brother laser. If buying today, I would get a document feeder, duplexing, and wireless. The $150ish version is fine for home use. Mine lacks wireless so we use special software to add it that adds a step. But it just works and only needs a new toner ever couple years at our printing pace.

  • estebanium@lemmy.world
    6·
    1 year ago

    I recently ordered a Brother printer, and it just works. “Brother MFCL3730CDNRF1” At one point it was a bit tricky to add it to Cups, but after it, it worked flawless.