Who the hell can figure out how to make a printer work
What the fuck? How do they return shit they don’t want? Do young people just keep everything they order?
I mean, the tweet says it - work printer. Though in all seriousness, I think the last time I needed to print a return label, I think I just did it at the UPS store for a few cents.
You cross out the address and write “return to sender” ? What has a printer got to do with it
You’re kidding, right?
it’s in the meme- they print things out at work to use at home
The IT folk have printers. I spent several hundred on an office-tier printer years ago and have never done maintenance or even replaced the toner. It just works and will continue to work for years.
Is this perhaps why? I thought it was because of kids.
I’ve had the same ink jet since 2016. The kids have done a good job keeping the jets from having a chance to clog. There is also a wall of family pictures, comparatively infrequent but it was the original reason for purchasing this specific printer. That and zero config printing from mobile devices
That’s impressive! Mine is a laser printer so it’s a bit different, in my experience inkjets are prone to issues so congratulations on having it so long!
It’s a brother I always figured that’s why. It was purchased back when it was a highly recommended brand.
I only use branded carts and I’ve only had to run head cleaning on it a few times, at least one of those took several iterations. Frequent use might have helped.
But it’s probably mostly luck and I hope no one takes this as an endorsement of the brand.
I can also attest to the quality of brother (or at least I could 10-15 years ago)
I rescued mine - an A3 colour laser with network and auto duplex, no less - from work’s e-waste pile after “the purge” where they eliminated all single-user “personal” printers and moved to only shared printers with swipe card print release.
Have enough toner cartridges to last a lifetime too; its, or mine (either way).
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.
A printer’s cheap. It’s the ink.
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.
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.
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.
I refuse to own a printer. On the odd occasion I need to print something and I’m not at work, the local copy place can do it for fuck all and I don’t need to worry about ink subscriptions or the print queue not working that day.
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.
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
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
HP doesn’t even sell the ink for my (relatively new) printer where I live.
Its on their U.S site, but I can’t order from that since it asks for a ZIP code.Most BS thing I had to deal with HP ink was region-locked ink. If you buy the European version of the US ink (it’s literally the exact same thing with a different label) it will refuse to work unless you change the region of your printer. Good luck going through HP support
What the actual fuck
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.
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
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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.
