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Ends 11/26. Newegg has the Brother HL-2270DW Wireless Duplex Monochrome Laser Printer on sale for $70 with free shipping. Features 802.11g Wi-Fi, LAN and USB connectivity, and prints up to 27 ppm.
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Too large for my needs
^ Huh? It's one of the smallest out there, making it lighter duty and less tolerant of thick paper or envelopes than the big boys. Price is good though to get wireless and duplex.
at 10,000 pages you also need to replace the drum kit which costs $99
Should be fairly obvious that if the printer is < 100 and the drum is 100 bucks you throw out the printer and get another one ????
Don't bother with brother. Terrible printers.
I would generally buy these about three at a time when the deal is good enough. Not only the toner and drum but also the belt and toner recovery box on typical printers need to be replaced as consumables, with a total cost far in excess of the printer. A short-filled toner cartridge can easily be refilled twice without loss of quality. Then I'll probably get one more cartridge when a good deal comes along, and perhaps refill that a couple of times - and then toss the printer. That way the overall print quality always remains very high and the cost is reasonable. The only thing to watch for is protective chips on the toners, but the equation still usually works.
Toner recovery box on B&W is usually built into the cartridge, separate on color lasers but either way you can just dump that out into a garbage bag you seal while doing it (outside) so it doesn't make a mess, no real need to ever buy a new one.
You don't necessarily have to replace the drum at 10K pages (usually, there are exceptions like Lexmark who likes to microchip their parts), it's more a matter of when you feel the print quality has degraded too much.
In contrast, with other laser printers that have a drum integral to each cart you're paying for a new one every 1000 to 3000 on something in this size/class.
Also, drums don't cost $100, genuine brother drum is $75, 3rd party 12K page drum is $45 (or sometimes less).
There is no reason to do what h5678 suggests with this particular printer. Replacement drum at 12K pages, bulk toner as needed, will make continuing to use the same printer till it breaks, cheaper... especially if you buy more than one cartridge worth of toner at a time, that can make total cost of ownership MUCH lower than buying a new printer before you really need one. The situation changes if you buy a brand and model that forces you to buy their OEM parts instead.
I think this has become the world's first disposable laser printer... Don't even need to replace the toner cartridge...
I've had an HL-2040 for 6 years in light duty. For 3 years I used it for church bulletins printing about 150 pages per week. Still works. For small office work it may not be too reliable though.