Cool Brother Printer 
The old Brother printer that my folks had been using for over 3 years finally gave up. It had lasted a helluva long time, especially considering the fact that we picked it up as a refurb unit for under $40/- bucks. I've been really impressed by the fact that Brother is one of the few manufacturers out there who has been actively supporting Linux users and providing linux drivers for their products.
So we went out to look at what was available out there and picked up this great little Brother MFC-490CW which looks like an upgraded version of their older model. We picked it up from Staples and I had it running on their Linux box within 15 minutes - both scanning and printing. The only thing I can say about Brother printers on Linux is that their support for Linux is truly world class!
http://www.brother-usa.com/MFC/ModelDetail.aspx?ProductID=MFC490CW
