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I bought a HP Laserjet CM1015 MFP on a whim shopping for something else at the time and saw a few boxes of these printers stacked up near the checkout. This was in 2009 or 10 I think. Last official driver was for Vista but can be made to work with all features under Windows 7. Under 10 it has limited features if you do a clean install of 10 but fully featured if you upgrade from 7 with the printer already set up. By full features I mean when you press the scan to file button on the printer it opens the HP software for you.
Since I bought it I had purchased two sets of M,Y,C,B cartridges and an extra two Black. (Still have one unopened black and the second colour cartridges are showing nearly full). The only thing that may be going on it is the drum as copies aren’t that clean but I wont replace it until it fails or I need new toner and this is only a recent development.
It is not a WiFi printer so I need to have a PC on to act as a print server. Even works with air print although the setup was tricky as the air print works through the print server PC running Windows 10 Pro.
I think the manufacturers have woken up to themselves and no longer offer large toner cartridges at least not in home models. I was shopping around for a wifi laser printer to replace the HP before I last bought the set of toner cartridges but wasn’t happy with anything I saw. I don’t think I will ever buy ink again as the toner costs far less to run at least for this model. I think more recent lasers with smaller cartridges may not be as cost effective but I would say still better than ink. Photos don’t look too bad on laser but if I want a glossy I’ll go to a print service.
Note the drum is one of the more costly items and when it goes it may warrant a new machine but it depends on the model and features it provides. I would like an A3 colour scanner/laser printer for home but just cannot justify the cost. A3 ink multifunction is not too badly priced. Duplex scan print is nice if you can get it (prints both side without you having to reinsert the paper).
I bought it for the kids to use for school projects and it has served them well. It is big but very reliable.
I would certainly push to have a replacement of your current one that you bought. I believe that Epson design is supposed to be economical on ink.
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