BTW, I’ve had my Brother laser MFP for 11 years and still on the original toner.

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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.

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      Yeah, I’ve had printers with built-in fax before and those never worked right from PC (the fax part). I think the only time I had a working fax solution on my PC was a combo of one particular fax/modem card I had and whatever Windows Fax utility that came with windows 98. Other modems / software just didn’t work at all.