What is a good option for making A5 flyers?
I’m looking for something with FOSS drivers, compact, reasonably affordable to run, and that doesn’t mind being switched off for a week at a time.
Image quality is not paramount but should be respectable.
Do I have any decent options?
Brother. Every single time.
Brother distributes its own drivers, but there are some alternatives like brlaser. Both mentioned drivers work great on linux in my experience.
Any secondhand laser printer should fit the bill.
No pun intended
Brother has great drivers, and cheap printers, but if you need an inkjet for colour printing, make sure you get one with an ink-tank instead of a cartridge system.
Ink bottles are DRM free so you can always use third-party ink, and even the manufacturers own ink bottles are typically much, much, much cheaper per ml than cartridges, although the upfront cost of the printer can be quite a bit higher because of that.
Personally, I have an Epson ET-8550, which I mainly use for photography. Its been fairly reliable, and I’ve had no issues using it with Linux. I filled it up with ink when I bought it, and even after a little more than year of use, its still got a over a quarter of its original ink remaining. I probably spent multiple times more for stationary paper than I do in ink for it.
