general consensus of the best home printer brand?

[TickleMeRifle]

Which brand is generally considered the best brand of multifunction printer for home use?

Epson, HP, Canon, Fuji Xerox, or Brother??

I'm looking for ones specifically that don't use cheap materials, are durable and last a long time.

[Omega]

They are all equally bad. But I have had some good experiences with Brother.

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

brother for tanklike durable

[CursedPanther]

Tried HP, Canon, Xerox and Ricoh before, and HP gives me the best user experience thus far.

[The old hairy one]

I have been using an OKI colour laser for a few years, no problems

[Seven7]

TickleMeRifle původně napsal:

don't use cheap materials, are durable and last a long time.

such things does not exist, all have hardware and software "rootkits" that reduce the resource
all have disgusting code and usability
all materials are more expensive than the blood of babies ...

so that the EPSON L\M series or Canon PIXIMA + blood of babies + parchment from the skin of programmers, that writing code for drivers and software supplied with printers
Nothing compares to this. Oh yeah!

Brazer\OKI not bad for monochrome printing...

[The Rock God]

I would never buy a multifunction printer, for two reasons:
1) I'd rather have a really good printer and a really good scanner than something that does both but not as well.
2) If one part of it stops working, you need to replace the whole thing.

We have an HP laser printer that I've been thinking of replacing (nothing wrong with it, just 10 years old) and a scanner that was specifically bought to get high-res scans of photos.

[TickleMeRifle]

The Rock God původně napsal:

I would never buy a multifunction printer, for two reasons:
1) I'd rather have a really good printer and a really good scanner than something that does both but not as well.
2) If one part of it stops working, you need to replace the whole thing.

We have an HP laser printer that I've been thinking of replacing (nothing wrong with it, just 10 years old) and a scanner that was specifically bought to get high-res scans of photos.

It purely depends on what you're using it for though. Eg for 95% of users the scan on a multifunction is high enough dpi for most holdhold projects. Mine is 1200 dpi and I do graphic design and most artwork doesnt even require anything above 600dpi! Unless you plan to to do some crazy big advertising project or super high res digital work it's sufficient. As for print quality of a multifunction it's super high! mine is 5760 x 1440 DPI that's waaaay more than enough. And if you buy a laser printer the print speed is as good if not very close to the industrial ones.

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

epson L220 (print, copy, scan) or newer model. ink tank system. orig refill costs less than 10$ equivalent.
black printing ~4000 pages.

[LiMpY]

1st check your favorite store to see what brand(s) of ink they sell.
2nd for home use I'm really happy with my WiFi Canon MG3600 Multi function. It prints from all 4 WiFi and hardwired computers and the android phone and tablet.
There's even times it goes on sale for a tiny bit more than new ink tanks.

[igloosfolly]

Oki Data ,Lexmark

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

TickleMeRifle původně napsal:

Which brand is generally considered the best brand of multifunction printer for home use?

Epson, HP, Canon, Fuji Xerox, or Brother??

I'm looking for ones specifically that don't use cheap materials, are durable and last a long time.

Check the type of cartridge it needs, check how much they go for, how much ink it uses then do the math, for price to use ratio, as you don't want to be stuck paying more for less ink, which make you print less.

Next is to look up the type of common issues with the products, if they're simple enough to solve, or a real hassle, which all multi-purpose printer are going to have some kind of issue down the road, and you just want to know if it the product you want that be simple enough to fix yourself.

The brand I have been using for over 10 years is Canon, as it's used almost everyday in my home, the only time I ever had issue with it was a print code error, which was simple fix for me by force hard resetting the system with a few buttons pushed down for a few seconds, and that's about it, only happen twice within the past 10 years I had it, which is really simple, and easy enough to fix.

[TickleMeRifle]

I ended up buying an Epson with an ecotank in the end ...I do LOTS of printing a year and have had a HP, Canon and Fuji Xerox die on me in 5 yrs or less. I settled for the Epson ET2700 as i estimated it would cost me about $33 a year for inks ! That's a MASSIVE saving as i was paying through the roof with my old Canon MP520 inks! not only that but it appears the Epson user interface is ultra easy to use.

[mtono]

imho: i really would prefer the brand 'fuji'. they very good stuff inthe 80ies, too.

[Talby]

Settled on an Epson multifunction inkjet and a Brother laser. Always had Epson inkjets (seem pretty reliable) and got fed up with HP toner costs, much happier with Brothers toner prices. Hopefully it will be as reliable as the HP, it should from what I read about them.