Hello all,
My beautiful side-of-road Samsung Laser Printer has finally bitten the dust (too costly to repair), meaning it's time to fork out the money for a new multifunction laser printer.
In this quest, I've found 3 suitably priced multifunction colour laser printers from 3 different brands, and am seeking advice on the brands and whether people have used the models before.
Currently looking at the following 3 printers, all more or less similar price:
- Kyocera Ecosys MA2100CWFX from mwave for $468.95 or $449 from Centre Com
- Brother MFC-L3760CDW from Officeworks for $499
- Lexmark CX331adwe from Centre Com for $459
So, wise and wealthy people of the land, would anyone have any experience or thoughts?
My main criteria are:
Long lasting / durable piece of office equipment.
Desiring this thing to last a decade or until engulfed by the fireball radius of a Dong Feng-5 ICBM. May not live to see this day, but generally the longer the reputation or experience with any of these or the firms, the better.Third party toner compatible
Assuming I go broke in a year or 3 and don't want to buy new genuine toner, which of these brands typically work or refuse non-OEM toner? No need for specific availabilities of toner, moreso whether e.g. company updates firmware to refuse them.No enshitification
Don't want anything like the HP inkjet experience where they begin trying to upsell you subscriptions and the like over time. I want it to shutup and print / scan.Buttons are nice, but is Kyocera too far?
I loved the button navigation of my Samsung, though that's a lot of buttons on the Kyocera. Is it too much from anyones experience? Just gut feel and personal preference.
If anyone has any further comments, would be appreciated.
The answer is always Brother. Very few know if that's actually the correct answer, but everyone knows Brother is the answer.