Ideally I am looking for a printer with

  1. opensource - Hardware, firmware, drivers, All OS support,
  2. No Shenanigans like mixing up colors, wasting ink in storage, hidden codes
  3. Easy to maintain and repair,
  4. low ink cost
  5. No Wifi or bluetooth
  • Dsklnsadog@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    58·
    2 days ago

    Brother HL-L2310D, super basic black-and-white laser. USB only, no Wi-Fi junk, no “phone app required” crap. Just stick it in, install drivers, and it spits out pages. Toner is cheap and it doesn’t freak out when you don’t use it for a week.

    Brother HL-L2370DN, same deal but with wired LAN if you want to share it on a network. Still no Wi-Fi/Bluetooth nonsense. Nice solid little workhorse, prints fast, simple guts, cheap toner, none of that overhyped smart printer fluff.

    • tdTrX@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      1·
      6 hours ago

      How perfect is it ? What is the Catch here ?

      1 .opensource - Hardware, firmware, drivers, All OS support, 2. No Shenanigans like mixing up colors, wasting ink in storage, hidden codes 3. Easy to maintain and repair, 4. low ink cost 5. No Wifi or bluetooth

    • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
      6·
      2 days ago

      I am having an impossible time finding “N” (network) models in most consumer stores. It seems that they have all been replaced by “W” (wireless) models.

      • mech@feddit.org
        9·
        2 days ago

        The W models should still have an ethernet port, and you can disable the WiFi.

        • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
          41·
          2 days ago

          I didn’t want to assume requirements and OP specifically asked for no wifi/BT. If this is for a secure system then maybe a software disable might not be sufficient.

    • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      +1 for the 2370DN. Works wonder (with Linux, Mac and Windows) and replaced a 12 years old model from… Brother that also worked well.