One of the more aggravating things in life: consumer electronic reviews, and printers

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@cincinnatus

Does anybody have any thoughts for me?

Just in case they have anything useful, here are a couple relatively recent threads:

Help me buy a new multi-function laser printer (2021 version)

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 …

Printers and printer ink

I realise this is probably well-known stuff, but here’s what just happened. I have a colour laser printer (model Lexmark CS410dn) which has worked well for many years. I just re-ordered ink cartridges in the four colours required - and it came to £230 (about $320.) The printer cost less than that! (Even now, I can get a secondhand one for less as well.) To be fair, I do get around 1,000 pages with the ink - but it still staggers me.