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It took me a while to commit to buying this printer. I’m a business consultant by day and I work from home, so I already have a home office all-in-one inkjet printer that works great. It was hard to justify buying a second printer just for my craft hobby. But when I decided to make my own wedding invitations that were gold foiled, I started exploring ways to add gold to a card. The laser printer / laminater combination was the last option I explored mainly because it involved two pieces of equipment I basically had no other use for. However, to achieve consistent foiling and also custom gold foiled lettering, there really isn’t a better option, so I bit the bullet.
I decided on the Brother printer because all the reviews from consumer and tech magazines rated it really highly. In some ways it outperforms more expensive printers. The fact that it’s monochrome works in favor foiling since you just need black toner. Also, since I already have an all-in-one color printer, I didn’t need the scanning and copying features. However, this particular printer went on super sale and was less than the model that didn’t have those functions, so I went ahead and bought this one.
I don’t regret it at all! Not only do I use it for foiling, but I sometimes get digital stamps, so I print those out as coloring pages or card panels. It’s getting used quite a bit more than I thought (plus I got it on sale), so I’m pretty pleased.
