• TempleSquare@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Meanwhile, I’m laughing all the way to the bank with my Brother color laser.

    Yes, the printer didn’t have a low subsidized price up front. But now I can enjoy big toner cartridges that seem to last forever. And I can use all the knockoff ones I want. And the printer itself is bulletproof.

    Huge fan of Brother!

    • vanderbilt@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      We actually moved to using Brother lasers after dealing with HP’s anti-consumer nonsense one too many times. They started to refuse to distribute offline capable installers for their drivers, so we returned the rest of our stock and swore them off.

  • Crunkle_Foreskin@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Oh yeah, this is awful.

    I recently bought a new printer, and getting something like an HP set up on Linux was a heart-breaking experience.

    It’d be really nice to have a Kickstarter for an “open-source” printer, where cartridge standards can be produced and you can buy them and use them freely.

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      1 year ago

      My HP Deskjet network printer was recognized automatically by Linux Mint. I had to do nothing.

  • Savas@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Bought a cheap HP printer about 10 years ago, max usage is maybe 50 prints a month, most months maybe less than 10, most times 0. Sits there and indeed it’s bloaty software is the most painful.