Got a simple brother laser printer. Duplex, BW only, works flawlessly with Linux and as a network printer.
4-5 times a year I’ll need to print 10 pages. Add an additional one every two weeks.
The printer definitely paid for itself in convenience.
Same, I got mocked for buying it. It gets used at least once a month.
Who the hell can afford printer cartridge
The problems with society can really be highlighted with how printers are marketed. Cheaper to buy a new printer than replace the ink cartridges on an existing printer.
We are literally built to encourage waste.
Nope. You just need to pay more to be eco friendly
Which is not how it’s supposed to work but I agree with your sentiment
I’m sorry, friend, but I don’t agree with you. This is how it is supposed to work and therefore it should be dismantled
laser is the secret
Brother is the other secret, though it seem like maybe even they have turned… the problem with making a solid piece of equipment that will last for a decade is you consume your customer base and can’t show ‘growth’ constantly.
My Brother color laser (model 3170, bought in 2016) doesn’t print the perfect photos, but that’s not what I use it for. I print coloring sheets and camp forms for my kiddos and random forms for adult life. It ran on the original toner carts for around 5 years, with black being replaced first on its own. There’s no inkjet in the world that will have 5 year-old carts work, but laser toner doesn’t dry out.
Yup, one of the first things I did when I had a reasonable expectation of not moving around often was buy a big ass brother laser printer, scanner etc used for like $60. These things are built like a tank.
Going to my local library is the secret.
Printers are scams…the end
I have two ten year old non color hp laser printers. I bought them at a surplus sales along with two new toners. So far I’m still on the first printer. They are old enough that they have no drm. The work with everything and I expect them to outlast me. I print about ten to twenty pages a year.
Picked one for free two years ago, works perfect, I buy pirated cartridges for like, 30$ per entire set, evep prints high quality photos…
pirated cartridges
what
Will it be better if I call them ‘third party’ or ‘not approved by the manufacturer’?
Just picked one up for $10 at habitat for humanity restore. Works perfectly, scanner too! Still got em.
I’ve heard Xennial and even heard Xellennial, had not heard Xenninial yet. Impressed.
i had to print 2 whole pages a few years ago, and gone to a office supply store. told them i would like to pay for it by card…cashier told me if i use the card, the banking transaction cost more than printing two a4 papers, so long story short it was free.
these stores usually have a printer so expensive i wouldnt be able to pay for it with all my organs, but its cheaper to print there then having a printer at home.
as for work, i dont like the looks people give me when i print there. i like to keep my private life out of the office, i recommend the same. if you want to print out a long ass book however, and nobody cares at work, go ahead.
Don’t send anybody anything to print at home. If you need something physical in today’s year, you go through that effort and mail it
I have a canon pixma printer and the goddamn IT people can’t make it work with my new laptop. Fucking bullshit.
I have had a series of perpetually 10+ year old printers that have been handed down to me by Boomers. I print something maybe once a year, so I usually have to go through a half hour of printer cleaning to get the dried out ink to flow again. I really should just get rid of it and go to a photocopy place the next time I need a physical copy of something.
Edit: I just realized it would literally be easier and faster to burn something onto paper with my laser engraver. I think I just talked myself into quitting printers.
Get a toner printer, they don’t go bad.
They can be left on their own for years and they still print the same.
I think, for me, owning a printer is like owning a van. You’re the only person your friends know who has one, so every time someone needs it you’re the one they ask.
Joke’s on you; I have no friends.
Except for my wife and kids almost nobody knows I have one. But yes I have gotten pdfs from my mother in law to print.
I bought a Brother printer and an extra large toner cartridge a dozen years ago and it just sits there and prints things without any problems from any device on my WiFi.
So invent a time machine and get a Brother from ten years ago is my advice.
Same. After years of replacing ink in the hp to do one print job, then letting it sit and dry out until it was time again. But now I’ve had that brother for a decade on the same toner
Who the hell can afford a printer
Anyone can afford the printer, it’s the ink that’s the problem
The cheap refills came with a free printer.
Xennial here, get a Brother laser printer if you can. The “starter toner” lasted me for like 4 years so far and is only now getting low. I can’t imagine going back to an inkjet that would always dry up since I used infrequently, but I still needed it.
Bonus is you can buy third party refilled toner in bundles for like $15 for 3. I bought some a couple of years ago and I still haven’t burned through the first replacement
There have been reports that Brother has finally started being evil about third-party toner with new firmwares.
That’s why I’m thankful I haven’t updated mine and it’s an older model. People should look out for that for sure.
A second vote for brother lasers.
I upgraded my old printer about 6 months ago. Laser is far superior, and no longer particularly expensive. I also discovered they have solved the photo printing quality issue at some point (laser’s only real weakness). I ran off a photo and it came out near/at inkjet quality.
You do one up front payment and it saves so much money long term, so many people are against that concept
Same, 3 years running, printing lots of shit for my own company and just now got a “low toner” warning which I’m ignoring for the last 2 or so months. Buying an inkjet is the biggest scam there is, you pay more in the ink and broken printers than you ever would for a laser.
Yep, finally got rid of my Epson BJ with a Brother b/w laser and it’s fantastic. A little louder but it functions like it should instead of complaining about low Magenta.
