Did America's least-hated printer take a turn for the worse?

* Brother refutes "false claims" that it bricked printers using third-party ink (arstechnica.com) (86 points | 4 days ago | 67 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43271507

I'll put in a word for Kyocera laser printers. They have many of Brother printer's good features, including Kyocera provides a PPD file for CUPS. I did not have to do a frustrating one-button WiFi setup, I cabled my P2235dw in. It received DHCP config and has worked ever since.

Do they still have the noisy, loud, nerve-wracking power supply clicking?

Years ago researching laser printers I chose a Kyocera. "All those people in the reviews whining about the sounds must be real snowflakes."

No. They were right. I got a Brother soon after.

It is noisy, but I don't think it's the power supply. My printer is off in a corner, so I only hear it when it wakes up and stretches before printing.

With the FS-1010 it was a constant clicking while in standby, every few seconds, day-in and day-out.

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