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Whenever I click into Louis Rossman rant videos I am always so distracted by how much I want that chair. It looks so comfy.

Re: printers, I recently replaced the toner cartridge that came with the Brother B&W multifunction laser printer I bought 12 years ago. Could not be happier with that thing. I sprung for the extended capacity cartridge at Micro Center for the replacement so there's a decent actuarial chance it will outlive me.

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I have the brother stupid basic black and white laser printer with duplexing and WiFi.

That thing is unstopable. Incredibly cheap to purchase and use. 100 would buy again.

Could I ask what model is it? I've read the newer models aren't as good but don't really know for sure

I have a HL-5250DN that's been going since 2005. The paper tray died a few years ago, but at this point I don't print more than a dozen pages a year so I just use the multipurpose feed tray on the front. I think the drum is down to about 30% of its life remaining, but that probably equates to about 10k pages so I don't expect it to give up any time soon.

I have had the Brother MFC-L2710DN for close to 4 years now. I have had not a single problem with it. Super easy to use and maintain. 90% of the time it's completely turned off. Once left it unplugged for 5 months. Turned it back on and worked without a hitch.

I use Brother DCP L-2540 DW

bought for $100 eight years ago -- I took it with me when I moved countries -- still going strong. toner refills available from third parties on Amazon for very cheap.

features

wifi + ethernet

laser monochrome printer with 2-sided duplex printing

flatbed scanner & automatic document feeder for scanner

no duplex for scanning (you will have to manually flip over the source pages if you want to scan the back side too)

Similar printer (a little older), same result. Great printer.

HL-L2375DW has been working great for us for a while now. It cost about €125 new and we pay €30 for toner cartridges that do 1400 pages - so about 2¢/page. Wifi, ethernet, duplexing.

Still on my Brother's starter cartridge. It's been close to a decade. I've moved, gotten married, and had kids. Printer still prints, though a couple years ago I did need to replace one tiny plastic part.

This is like the printer edition of Netware! Do you remember those websites where people would post photographs of how long a Netware server was running? So much fun...

Kids don’t know NetWare. Shame, really.

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