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HP wants you to print things through its cloud service, wherein you pay a subscription fee for ink and your usage is routed through its servers. To encourage you to do this, it covers the USB port …

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[–] Sir_Kevin@discuss.online 88 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Like 15 years ago I bought the cheapest Brother laser printer. It's still going strong. The ink never dries out or fucks up. I've never felt like the company was trying to rape my asshole. Why anyone still plays the ink jet game I do not fuckin know. I've boycotted HP decades ago and to this day I continue to see reasons to never change that decision.

[–] Irlut_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ink and dye printers still rule the photo print space. Laser printers simply don't have sufficient image quality.

Other than that I completely agree that laser printing is the way to go.

[–] phareous@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is true but you can always order photos online from Shutterfly, etc. or go to local drug store

[–] Irlut_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sure, but that's also less fun than doing it yourself!

[–] RobotToaster@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

I went with a laser and small dye sub printer. If you only need occasional 6x4 photos it's probably the best option.

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