Brother Printer (HLL2395DW)
Why Brother?
Brother printers are often touted as some of the best out there, and I believe that praise is warranted. Printers have always been the bane of my existence. From issues with print jobs not running at all, forcing a restart, to cheap hardware and buying ink cartridges, I've never had any luck with them. This printer changed that for me. It just works. I haven't had any problems with it since I bought it almost four months ago, and that's saying something compared to others I've used. It's fast and reliable. I'll continue recommending Brother to others.
What's so good about them?
First off, the thing prints every. damn. time. Without fail. I've never once clicked "Print" and not had paper in my hands seconds later. Other printers (HP, mostly) always seem to have had driver issues in my experience, and, if I hadn't printed something in a while, would hang up to the point of needing a restart. But cancelling those print jobs seemed to take forever or not work entirely, causing problems. The Brother just prints. Like the good little machine it is. Like it's supposed to.
Being a laser printer, it's not going to dry out like a normal cartridge will, and toner lasts much longer than regular ink. I've never printed enough in the past to get a full use out of an ink cartridge. They've always dried up halfway through and I've just wasted my money. I'll never switch back to ink after using the Brother.
One thing I've always hated with printers is slow print times. The HLL2395DW prints 36 pages per minute, which has been great, in my experience. It takes a second to spin up, but once it does, your print job is done pretty quickly.
The touchscreen is decent. It's not huge, but it gets the job done. The menus are pretty intuitive, for the most part.
Wireless printing has been great. I've got my computer and my phone printing through Wi-Fi without any issues, and I don't plan on hardwiring any time soon.
Any downsides?
The software on Linux is very barebones. I'm not even sure scanning works on Linux (though I'll update this review after I try that).
Toner is expensive as far as one-time replenishment type purchases go, though you'll save money in the long run compared to ink cartridges.
It draws a lot of power. When it kicks on to print something, my lights flicker, though I attribute this mostly to my apartment complex's shitty wiring.
Rating
I give it an "I'd buy this again, for sure." It's only $119.99 at the time of writing, which I think is a steal. I got it for $99, but I'd still purchase it at that price. If I had to take any points away from it, it would be for the Linux software since I'm usually not on Windows, but it gets points back because it prints every time without any problems.