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Need help finding a printer that takes cheap ink

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  • RealGem
    RealGem Posts: 569 Forumite
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    I have a Brother HL3040CN LED colour printer. It works like a laser printer, with dry toner cartridges, but cheaper.

    And there's a great video on YouTube of where to get cheaper refill cartridges, and how to fit them:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSckdp14c1w&t=517s

    I've had this about 4 years and only had refills once, but I don't print a lot. They're usually letters or excel sheets.

    I have printed photos that are good enough to stick on the fridge, but if I needed to have proper photos printed I get them done at a photolab. But the photo quality from the LED is still good. Some people can't tell the difference.

    My All-In-One inkjet printer's ink dried up as it got used so little. Even cleaning it for hours with tubes didn't produce faultless prints. So now it's just a scanner.

    So I'd definitely recommend a laser or LED printer.

    The latest one is the Brother HL-3140CW A4 Colour Laser Printer.

    (which they're calling a Laser printer, but they're also calling the old model a laser too. They might be calling all LED printers laser printers now).
    Look at it this way... In a hundred years who's gonna care?
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