
Let them manage the extra hardware necessary for the occasional color print job. We work around color requirements by exporting our color jobs to local or online print shops. This works great after a little practice and will cut down on the physical size and cost of your new printer. Then use your phone to email the picture to yourself. Take a picture of the document you want to scan instead.

Work around to having a Multifunction printer is to use your camera. And I want color as well, because I do copy / print pictures occasionally. > I want a copy and a scan function as well, but it doesn't have to be one of the ones that auto-feeds multiple pages through. $35 for a single 3rd party cartridge off of amazon. I purchased a Laserjet M102 a few years ago and have only replaced the toner once. Keeping your primary printer nice and simple also gives you fewer points of failure to worry about when all you want to do is simple document printing.
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These are the most consistent and maintenance free devices that you can purchase. I normally recommend a single function monochrome laserjet printer for home users.

So I obviously want something that will print from my computer. > This is strictly for home / personal use. I'm willing to spend up to $300-350~ for a printer that will last me until the apocalypse, and not become useless if I don't print anything for a month, but I want to make sure I'm spending my money wisely. Wtf is an LED printer, and how does it fit into the inkjet vs laser printer world? It says it uses toner, but it also says "Providing Laser Printer Quality Results", and alludes to being an "LED printer". I can't tell for sure what kind of printer it is. In my 10~ minutes of Amazon searching, I came across the Brother HL-元290CDW, which looks like everything I want, except. I want a copy and a scan function as well, but it doesn't have to be one of the ones that auto-feeds multiple pages through. This is strictly for home / personal use.

Give me a laser printer, with toner that will last 1000+ pages! I'm sick of spending $70 a pop to replace ink cartridges on printers that I'm not even that impressed by in the first place.
