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submitted 7 months ago by CatLikeLemming@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 128 points 7 months ago

Buy brother laser. It’s more expensive, but it’s worth it long term. They last a real long time and the cartridges last bananas and they don’t care about “official” ink

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 7 months ago

Straight up when I bought my black and white brother laser printer I got an extra cartridge with it because I didn't expect it to last very long

By the time I finally had to swap it out I couldn't find the extra cartridge I bought with it because it had been so long

Needless to say I'm 3 years and 500+ pages into the second cartridge and happy to have this clunky little printer

[-] Talaraine@kbin.social 53 points 7 months ago

Unfortunately someone snuck someone from HP into Brother's executive chain. They're starting the fuckery now too.

[-] pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io 15 points 7 months ago

I guess the only right thing to do is to buy used Brother laser printers until they all break... Such warhorses.

[-] Talaraine@kbin.social 9 points 7 months ago

NGL everytime I move I pack my Brother Laser like fine artwork

[-] Quexotic@infosec.pub 9 points 7 months ago

Nooooooooooo!

[-] kumatomic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 months ago

Sadly this is true and even on updated software for old printers. I'm rolling back though. The old versions worked fine.

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 25 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I thought the latest update to the new brother color laser added cartridge DRM?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31860131

[-] kumatomic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 months ago

So far, on my 5 year old brother it annoys me to but toner from them but had a "do not show this message again" choice to click. Happened with two messages and no more so far. They also added a thing in status monitor when it tells you your toner levels wether it's official or not and that you should not official. So far it hasn't stopped me from using it, but like every corporation I fully expect them to go full stupid soon.

[-] harmsy@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

Laser printers are especially handy if you rarely ever need to print anything, because they don't dry up and get clogged.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Yeah I tend to either not print anything for years, or print huge amounts in a short span of time. Lasers are brilliant for this use case, because they also print really really quickly when they are printing, in addition to not drying up.

[-] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

It's not even more expensive. You can get a full duplex wifi printer for under $200. I want one, but my 20 year old Brother printer is still going strong.