I don’t know about repair but the $99 Brother laser printer doesn’t require any malware. You can print wirelessly from Windows/Mac/iOS without installing anything
I recently became much less enamored with my $99 Brother. There are certain paper types that it has issues pulling from the paper tray, but it can use it from the manual feed. However, the manual feed will not pull it straight and everything comes out at an angle.
If you get a cheap printer you have to buy expensive paper.
I have the worst time printing in my house because the relative humidity level is very high in the summer. In the summer when my hair is curling and curling and curling from the humidity I have prints curling and trying to come off the walls. (In the winter I complain that static electricity is making my hair stand up on end.)
You can't save money by buying 20 reams of paper on discount from Staples because the paper will soak up water and misbehave when you try to use it.
I've had my brother laser for just about 10 years now, it's been awesome, regular paper, 80# cardstock and shipping labels being no problem from tray or feed.
Labels of various types that have specific places to print on the page is the issue for me.
There's a test page that can be printed that shows alignment. The docs say to try something if it comes out skewed, but if that doesn't work then to take it to a certified place blah blah. It's clearly out of warranty, so that's a no go.
I recently upgraded capabilities as doing more than could honestly be expected of a $99 printer. It has been well worth the expense of a higher model printer.
Outside of that, I still love my $99 Brother B&W laser with scanner for anything not specialty labels. I look at it like not getting upset that a 1980s Yugo doesn't get nearly the same lap times as a 2000s model supercar
$99 Australian dollars for second hand brother MFC-9330CDW colour wifi laser printer / scanner, needed new drums ($100 for the set of four) and one toner cartridge ($15), others are low but ok.
Retails new for AU$550.
$30 second hand monochrome laser printer at work I put by my workbench in a metal fabrication workshop, outside is filthy now, have run about 3000 pages through it, so about three toner cartridges, and a new. No issues.
The software seems to be fine, light enough, unobtrusive.
