# Help me buy a new multi-function laser printer (2021 version) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 1, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-new-multi-function-laser-printer-2021-version/941159 "2021-05-01T14:41:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-new-multi-function-laser-printer-2021-version/941159/1 "2021-05-01T14:41:37Z")
Our HP laserjet 1536dnf printer seems to be dying, and we are in the market for a new one. We need it to: - Be a laser printer. not negotiable. - photocopy, print, and scan - have a document feeder - do duplex automatically (two sided printing) - fit on our 20"x15" table (the current one has trays that stick out, so maybe it’s closer to 20"x20", but all the weight is on the table) - talk to the home network, so all the computers can print on it Nice to have - color: Are color laser printers reliable and affordable these days? - fax: I can’t remember the last time we needed the printer to fax a document, but I suppose it might be nice to have - hold most of a ream of paper - wireless. The current one is connected with a wire to our internet modem, I think, and that has worked fine. But I think they mostly come wireless these days. Every so often I want to print a bunch of pages at once, and this one overheats and the quality sucks. And then I have to reprint in dribs and drabs. That’s acceptable, as we don’t print in quantity very often. I would use color if we had it, but I’ve managed for a long time without. Within those constraints, I am more interested in a reliable printer that will keep working with minimal fussing than I am in the cost. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-new-multi-function-laser-printer-2021-version/941159)._