• smiletolerantly@awful.systems
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    6 days ago

    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.

  • Broda@szmer.info
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    6 days ago

    Picked one for free two years ago, works perfect, I buy pirated cartridges for like, 30$ per entire set, evep prints high quality photos…

    • whoisearth@lemmy.ca
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      6 days ago

      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.

    • korazail@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
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      6 days ago

      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.

      • papertowels@mander.xyz
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        6 days ago

        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.

  • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    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.

    • Honytawk@feddit.nl
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      6 days ago

      Get a toner printer, they don’t go bad.

      They can be left on their own for years and they still print the same.

  • kepix@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    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.

  • zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    6 days ago

    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

  • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I have a printer, and know where the power cord is! I even have it paired to my wifi and use it to scan stuff. Don’t ask me to print anything, I can’t afford the ink.

  • Allero@lemmy.today
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    6 days ago

    Last year I bought an old second-hand Brother laser printer for $20, with 60% ink and 75% on the drum. Works like a charm.

  • Nooodel@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I just write the document by hand the one time a year I need a printer. Doesn’t work for everything but is good enough for lots of the stuff that still requires your signature in ink

      • Nooodel@lemmy.world
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        6 days ago

        Ah, found a solution for that too. There’s services twhere you can send a pdf and they will print it, pack it in an envelope and send it to any address you specify.

    • brognak@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 days ago

      Was gunna say, I have 3.

      Brother b/w Laser Printer - Most things

      Epson Ecotank - Color prints (usually stickers/heat transfer vinyl + cutting machine below printer)

      Canon PIXMA large format - Got this one for free, I use it to print 18*24 (usually knock off posters for photography sets, or cus I HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE MY OWN BOOTLEG POSTERS FEAR ME)

  • Zink@programming.dev
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    7 days ago

    If this is me in several years, I think my version will be “my precious pre-enshittification brother laser is so old they stopped making third party toner carts for it” or probably more likely something like “how do we have a working plugged-in printer on wifi that we can’t find? Did we build a wall in front of it? How long was it sitting in the corner of that spare room?”