What Printer Do You Use at Home?

cuteseal on 07/06/2021 - 11:17
Last edited 07/06/2021 - 11:18

I find that since working from home, and with kids home schooling etc., I've had to rely on my home printers a lot more. Keen to know what people think are the best/most cost effective printers for the average home user.

  • Main printer is a Brother HL-2340D mono laser (duplex) which is great in terms of economy and printing speed, but I feel that the print quality is a bit lackluster - doesn't compare to HP Laserjets (used to own one) or the stuff I print at the office. I use aftermarket toners which are great for keeping costs low.

  • I also recently bought an Epson WF-2840 which is a inkjet MFC so it takes care of my occasional colour printing and scanning needs. In hindsight I wish I went for the higher model that does duplex ADF scanning as well. Inks are expensive but I bought the high capacity cartridges so hopefully will last me a while. Not sure whether aftermarket works for these.

  • I used to have a Canon MX860 until the print heads clogged - was really happy with both print quality and cost actually, and you could buy cheap multi-packs of aftermarket ink on ebay which lasted ages.

Anyway, what is the Ozbargain printer of choice?

Poll Options

  • 41
    Brother
  • 11
    Canon
  • 12
    Epson
  • 6
    Fuji/Xerox
  • 7
    HP
  • 1
    Lexmark
  • 4
    Samsung
  • 1
    Ricoh
  • 3
    Other
  • 9
    I print everything at the office
Computing Printer

Comments

  • 87percent on 07/06/2021 - 11:19

    Brother 1210W here. I one ever need to print b&w, and that’s purely because home schooling

  • Twix on 07/06/2021 - 11:24
    -4

    What is a printer?

    To the cloud 🚀☁

  • Phlume on 07/06/2021 - 11:31
    +1

    Have a Brother Wireless Printer at home for basic printing. Cheap generic toners and drums, costs about $9 per high-yield toner. If I require higher quality printing I can just order them online from custom printers or print them at work.

    • Bluey123 on 17/07/2021 - 22:49

      Which one do you have? I'm looking for a cheap generic toner printer/scanner that works and is compact that I will only use like once every now and then.

  • Bid Sniper on 07/06/2021 - 11:38
    +4

    Print to PDF

  • MrHyde on 07/06/2021 - 11:44
    +1

    Brother MFC-L2750DW both at home and at work. Cannot fault it in anyway - it just works.

  • Ocker on 07/06/2021 - 11:45

    Canon TS8260 on which I print about 20 pages a day. Unit is about 2 years old, always used clone cartridges and it prints as good as new.

  • CyberMurning on 07/06/2021 - 11:52

    fuji laser bw.
    do not buy fuji, well probably the latest model like 2020+ maybe okay

    • BewareOfThe Dog on 07/06/2021 - 13:36

      I had a Fuji at a small business I owned, and the cartridges were ridiculously priced. I started buying 3rd party cartridges, then refills + 'chip counters'. This made it extremely cheap to run. This was running for several years at least.

  • Hithere on 07/06/2021 - 12:07

    Brother Mono laser and Samsung Colour laser.

  • dazeller on 07/06/2021 - 12:11
    +2

    HP LaserJet 2300n, one of the last real (as in proper built) laser printers. The ones built for 200'000 pages and then you can get a maintenance kit and do another 200'000 pages. An elegant weapon, for a more… civilized age.

    • johninmelb on 07/06/2021 - 19:43

      I miss my 30 year oldHP Laser Jet. Those things were indestructible and just worked, on and on and on. But I couldn't get Windows 7 or Windows 10 to talk to it, no matter what I did. So we reluctantly had to part company.

  • BewareOfThe Dog on 07/06/2021 - 13:14

    We have 2 Epson Ecotanks. It's so Cheap to run. It's just a shame the upfront cost is so much, but then so are fully EV vehicles etc
    1 has std paper in it, and the other has a thicker, semi gloss style. My partner is a teacher and needs something that's economical and great quality.

  • bazingaa on 07/06/2021 - 13:15

    Brother HL-1110 laser, best $30 ever spent.

    • BewareOfThe Dog on 07/06/2021 - 13:16

      Wow? Second hand?

      • bazingaa on 07/06/2021 - 13:19

        brandnew with toner, from a stock clearance at a local book store :D
        I have another HP deskjet 2130 all in one printer from $15 officeworks deal for scanning (cartridges are empty now)

        • BewareOfThe Dog on 07/06/2021 - 13:37

          Yes, Hp generally aren't know for economy. (Except the Smarttank, and the ones that ran the 02 series about 15 years ago).

  • tomsco on 07/06/2021 - 18:30

    Dell B1163w

    Not the best, but does the job for a cheap printer.

  • thatonethere on 07/06/2021 - 18:54

    Hp officejet pro. I want to upgrade but it won't die

  • sanrs on 19/07/2021 - 11:38

    am using an Epson WF7520 all in one at home. since 2012, 9 years old now.
    ink jet, A3 size, double side print and scan available.
    using third party ink from ebay, cost ~$25 for two full sets of ink cartridge (similar capacity as XL 140 epson cartridges, which costs ~$100), acceptable result.

    downside, as ink jet, required head cleaning if not used frequently, and not very fast.

  • casho on 19/07/2021 - 14:22

    Printnightmare :P

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