Need recs for a printer

Get a color laser. I like Brother.

We have had 2 Brother laser printers over the years and both have been good reliable printers.
We use 3rd party toner cartridges in them that cost less and work well.

Brother laser works well for me.

The one I had last was a brother. Did they get rid of the stupid limitation where you can’t print at all if one of the color cartridges is empty?

I have the MFC-9340-CDW Laser, it is an older model, and I just went through this. My Yellow toner cartridge showed empty and it wouldn't print. I replaced that cartridge and then it told me the Magenta was empty, still wouldn't print. Replaced that and then I was told the Cyan was empty, so it still wouldn't print. I replaced that one and the printer works fine. Now those were old aftermarket cheap toner cartridges, but I got good service out of them. To answer your question my older model won't print if one cartridge is empty, or so it appears.

You are right, it uses some of the yellow toner when printing black. This is according to my daughter, no pics, who works in IT like you.

If I ever get another inkjet it'll be an ecotank or similar. I just like the speed of a laser and that pages come out dry no matter how much is printed on the page.

For the win. Not only have I used less than 25% of the toner in over a year, it feeds envelopes properly #OMG. Remanufactured DCP-L2550DW.