Looking for a Brother laser printer that handles occasional color documents - which model fits?

[davidparker]

I run a small home office in Little Rock and have been using an old monochrome laser for years. Most of my printing is text, but I am now getting occasional requests for color pages, maybe 10-20 a month, and I am tired of sending those out. I want to stay with Brother since my current one has been reliable, but I am not sure whether to get a color laser or keep a mono machine and add something else. My main concerns are toner cost when color is rarely used and whether the cheaper color models handle thicker paper for the occasional card or label. I also do not have a lot of desk space, so a smaller footprint matters. I have been reading up on different models online but the options are a bit overwhelming. If you have a Brother color laser in a mostly-text workflow, how has the toner situation worked out for you? Any models you would avoid?

 

[Epatcola]

So, should I complain about this AI slop and let it know it isn't fooling anyone with an IQ greater than their shoe size or would that be helping the assholes that put it on the internet and pretending it is real or ignoring it would be a better plan?

 

[The Hat]

So, should I complain about this AI slop and let it know it isn't fooling anyone

I’m afraid we’re just going to have to live with this shite from now on..

 

[Nifty]

So, should I complain about this AI slop and let it know it isn't fooling anyone with an IQ greater than their shoe size or would that be helping the assholes that put it on the internet and pretending it is real or ignoring it would be a better plan?

I’m afraid we’re just going to have to live with this shite from now on..

Do you guys have a reliable way to prove who is and isn't AI?

We banned a few accounts that were reported as AI/Bots, but then we were told (by active users) that they wanted the user's unbanned because they were legit people.

 

[Epatcola]

Do you guys have a reliable way to prove who is and isn't AI?

Owning a 20 year old bubblejet would be a start.

More seriously if you can't tell why would you care?

Even ChatGPT gave the OP's post 70% probability of being AI generated or assisted and IMO people using AI to appear to be smarter than the are is worse than pure AI bots. I bet its other posts would be similarly rated.

Did it try to argue with my assessment?

Maybe ask it what would you have if the earth has no art? ChatGPT failed predictably answering that.

It looks like the same/similar AI bot posting (and fooling people) on DPReview here. What do you think of that one?

 

[PeterBJ]

Wouldn't a real person with a real printer problem list the actual printer instead of the example of the i560 in the membership form?

I'm very suspicious of new members claiming to use a Canon i560.

And how about this post?

 

[Epatcola]

And how about this post?

ChatGPT says that one has a 35% chance of not being AI generated with a comment:

"My biggest clue: The writing is unusually polished and logically balanced, but the final sentence tries to inject personality. That combination often appears in AI-assisted online discussions."

AI tries to bullshit you.

A lot of the AI posts just add comment which may even be welcome but often ridiculously late. This OP post and some others ask people to waste their time reading and answering bullshit questions. If a person did that they would be hated. This forum posting AI and the assholes that let it loose are even more deserving of hate.