This is the trap. And it is the exact reason why used, "old" office lasers like the refuse to die.
Let me paint a picture. You are shopping for a printer. You see a shiny new inkjet for $79. You buy it. Three months later, you realize the replacement ink costs $90. Rinse. Repeat.
But it does one thing better than any $300 printer at Best Buy:
Unlike the "Wi-Fi Direct" nightmares of modern printers, the M127fn has an Ethernet port. Plug it into your router. Every computer on the network finds it instantly. No apps. No cloud accounts. No "HP Smart" login required if you don't want it.
For a machine this old, the 35-page ADF is shockingly fast. Scanning a 20-page contract takes 30 seconds.
Do the math. That is .
Because this model has been around for a decade, generic toner cartridges cost $15 on Amazon. Do they spit a little dust? Sometimes. But for $15 for 3,000 pages? I’ll take the dust. The Bad: Living with 2014 technology The Screen The two-line LCD text screen looks like a calculator from 1992. Setting up the fax or network settings requires pressing the "Setup" button 14 times and memorizing menu trees. There is no touch screen. There is no color UI.
It is 1200 dpi, which is fine for documents. But if you are scanning photos for archival purposes? Buy a dedicated photo scanner. This is a document machine.