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USB hubs, printers, Java, and more seemingly broken by macOS 14.4 update (arstechnica.com)
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[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 66 points 7 months ago (3 children)

To be fair, when are printers not broken?

[–] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.world 30 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Buy a brother LaserJet and never worry again.

[–] AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Brother gang, rise up

[–] OozingPositron@feddit.cl 7 points 7 months ago

Brothers, even.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Our Brother sewing machine is fantastic. It doesn't print though

[–] AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

You know, we also have a very sturdily built Brother sewing machine and I never noticed that they're the same company that made our printer.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Maybe it's a sibling company ?

[–] AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

What are you doing, step-printer!?

[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Technically it does. Just not through PC.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

That's right....

[–] foxglove@feddit.de 4 points 7 months ago

Amen, Brother.

[–] hedgehog@ttrpg.network 4 points 7 months ago

100%. I got the Brother HL-2370DW and it served me well, but it’s a black-and-white laser printer and sometimes I needed to print in color. I got fed up dealing with inkjet printers so I got the Brother HL-3270CDW. It’s great at printing off props and visual aids for my weekly tabletop game and so on.

It’s not technically “perfect” - sometimes a Mac will fail to print to them wirelessly and say they printed fine (and that seems to be an issue on the Mac side) and I think we average maybe one paper jam per year - but it’s as close to perfect as I’ve ever gotten with a printer.

[–] hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago

You have no idea how much I regret buying a Canon Pixmass printer on offer for 50€. I should have just sucked it up and coughed up 100 more to get a damn Brother laser printer.

Well,at least now I get to replace ink cartridges every week or so and I get to print my ass on photographic paper.

Live and learn I guess.

[–] lengau@midwest.social 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I haven't had a broken printer in years!

My local library branch is walking distance and has free printing, so I got rid of my printer.

[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Awesome!

Last time I tried to print from a library, it was print-to-pdf wasn't an easy thing, and laptops were rare and underpowered. So printing from a different computer was hard if that computer didn't have the same programs.

I'm glad things have gotten better and you are able to use the library!

[–] mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Back before bubblejets existed, it was a fucktonne less frequent.

[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Dot Matrix FTW!

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

...30 years ago?

[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

30 years ago meaning the late 60s early 70s right?

[–] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

My library was using dot matrix clear until 1998 when they finally got enough funding to be modernized. Wauwatosa public library in Milwaukee county mind you. Not a small dollar donor supported space.