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I actually have a brother inkjet printer which works reasonably well under Linux. Inkjet printers in general are troublesome, so there's a cap on how well they can work under any operating system.

I could never figure out though how to receive faxes and the return receipts for sending them directly on the PC. There just seems to be a lack of modern, user friendly apps for this. I'm certain it's possible but the technical expertise is just beyond me.

And yes, I still use fax when communicating with government agencies. My country is a backwater when it comes to digitalization and faxes provide legal certainty just like registered mail. But unlike registered mail they cost next to nill.

dot matrix printer or nothing at all

A brother laser printer a solid pick

That's not entirely true. I've been a Mac user since 1989 and I also recommend Brother laser printers

I got a small xerox laser. It's fantastic. Works on everything I'm the house, including phones, tablets, windows and Linux. It's a bit more eh feature rich than I was expecting, but after tinkering in the settings I've not had to touch it in years.

It's funny but i did find a brother laser printer in trash. It was working fine so i sold it since i already had a newer model.

Weirdly I think I have one of the last half-decent HP all-in-one printers from about a decade and a half ago

It takes third party ink and still more or less works as it did when I got it.

I'll probably get a brother the day it finally dies though

I have an Epson inkjet that I'm not going to throw away yet. It's 6 years old though, not sure if they still make it.

Brother printers are great. Probably the only decent printer brand for home usage. My university has free printing, and those are Canon printers. They seem to work fine, so I guess the commercial market is a little different.

Weirdly, my parents have this Samsung M2020W printer, and I gotta say, it's pretty neat. Takes any off-brand toner cartridge. They only need a cartridge every year or so. It's been 3+ years, but no problem so far. That might be an exceptional case, though.

I inherited an Canon Pixma MG3600 from a friend who got a new printer of her own, and it's been impressively stable for years now.

A really solid printing experience on Linux; I'd say "plug and play" but I've got it set up for wireless printing and it worked immediately without plugging in!

I've not tried the scanner on Linux but it worked on Mac out of the box without proprietary drivers so I can imagine the same for Linux.

Also true for windows!

Brother printers are just that good.

I'm kind of fond of my okidata c332dn. It's my daily driver.

I have Brother multifunction printer. However, it's run out of toner, and I don't have the funds right now to purchase new cartridges.

I mean, I'm pretty happy with mine! 10/10 would recommend!

My brother printer didn't have drivers for arch and it took me days, and the community to help me get it up and running.