Hi Everyone.
I’m after recommendations for a cheapish mono laser printer. I know lasers, like inkjets have dropped a lot in price over the years but I want to get something reliable. It won’t have a huge throughput.
The only brand of printer I’ll buy for home/small office use is Brother. Their drivers don’t suck.
Agreed, Brother are good.
Look at Officeworks, they have specific models for them and good prices.
+1 for Brother.
Laser printers are also cheaper to run in the long term if you can manage the larger upfront cost.
I have a Colour Laser Multifunction from Brother that’s been rock solid for the last three years.
I had a Brother mono laser until I retired… reliable, cheap to run and boring.
Now I’ve got a color inkjet which is less reliable, more expensive to run but not boring (color for the win) 
I’m using a Brother MFC-L8690CDW here too, Colour Laser and it’s excellent. Mind you, I’m using after-market toner since it would cost more than the printer itself to buy a full set of Brother branded toner cartridges for it 
It’s probably overkill for what we need, but I got it for an excellent price and was returning a failed inkjet printer at the time so it really didn’t feel like much money at all. Three and half years on, it’s still going great.
I also do this. No issues at all.
Thanks guys. Just ordered a cheap printer from Officeworks. I presume, like with most printers these days, it’ll only have a starter toner with it. What brand of after market toners do you recommend?
Ok. Thanks.
I’ve moved to them for toner as they were cheaper than my usual ink supplier who I have been using through their eBay store for a long long time: https://www.yyuda.com.au/
Just checked now and pricing is about the same (for my carts at least).
I got my Brother Mono about 2 odd years ago… only had to replace the toner a couple months back. Just paid the $70/odd from Big W for a genuine cartridge.
I picked up a Brother HL-L2305W from Officeworks yesterday for $159. Easy to set up. No drivers required - works with Apple Air Print. Print quality is really good too. Thanks for all you suggestions.
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wished I’d bought a laser/Brother, we bought an Epson inkjet a few years ago which got a lot of use during the homeschooling phase (who knew we would still have to print so much!) but when this thing stops working I reckon a Brother laser looks like the way to go.
The Brother Laser printers just work. That’s the best recommendation I can give. No issues. And for a printer, that is a rare thing.
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