• jj4211@lemmy.world
    21·
    5 months ago

    To make the fairy tale work out:

    • Brother laser printer. It’s there, it works, and I don’t have to think about it.

    On the other extreme, inkjet is just busted. I’ll give ecotank some appreciation for not having an ink resupply problem, but clogs like crazy and have to spend forever trying to unclog it if I have to use it.

    Then there’s HP, a brand that just works every day to think how to screw over printer purchasers to get more money out of them microtransaction style.

    • Lemmayng@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      Literally happened to to me the other day with my Brother LaserJet. Was pulling out trays left and right, only to realize that there was indeed a jam…

      …in the scanbed feeder, because there was a bit of paper that had ripped off and been jammed in the feeder until I somehow shook it loose.

    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      yeah I’ve got one that sits in my basement and gets used every few months. basically no issues, and when I do have an issue it’s pretty much always because of my shitty Wi-Fi

      100% would recommend

    • Raiderkev@lemmy.world
      2·
      5 months ago

      There were some stories about them enshittifying a few years back. Iric they were adding DRM like all the other shitcos making printers. Apparently just the older ones are good now.

  • yermaw@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    5 months ago

    Ive got an electric brick in the shape of a printer because apparently if you stop paying for the ink subscription it just stops working.

  • FireWire400@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    5 months ago

    I never had any issues with Canon or Brother printers at work, but HP printer are almost always unnecessarily complicated and frustrating all the way through, starting at the initial setup.

  • cley_faye@lemmy.world
    5·
    5 months ago

    I have a printer that works. B&W laser printer from Samsung. It survived multiple windows update, and still works on Linux.

    Guess that’s why Samsung discontinued their printer business and sold it to HP.

  • FunnySalt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    4·
    5 months ago

    Reporting in with a hassle free printer like some other commenters.

    I have a Canon monotone LaserJet MFP I bought at a big box store with no prior research like four or five years ago. Been great. Always just works.

  • Nickelalloy@lemmy.world
    3·
    5 months ago

    Some years ago I worked in a place thst had several Canon printers, it hit me after several years that I had never had any problem with them (except a stuck paper on some rare occasion)

    Later at a metal festival i talked to a man who worked for Canon, I assuned he worked with cameras but still menetioned how good of a brand it was when it came to printers.

    Turns out he worked with canon printers after all and according to him they have way more reliable up-time than the competitors, which he also worked for before.

    So yeah, a proper office printer from Canon is something diferent!

    • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      The problem with canon, is they absolutely eat you alive when it comes to ink. Motherfuckers got light cyan, light magenta and gray/photo black.

      Unless you go laser and then it’s just a rebadged HP.

  • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    Can’t confirm, my 12 yo HP LJ still spits out pages as expected, and doesn’t even complain about the aftermarket toner carts I use.

    I would say I miss when printers were good, but they never were… Just less awful than they are now.

    Edit: totally forgot, the printer was single sided for the first 10 years I had it, and I have no idea why (other than windows windows-ing) it suddenly started printing duplex after I migrated to Linux!