• jj4211@lemmy.world
    21·
    1 个月前

    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·
      1 个月前

      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·
      1 个月前

      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·
      1 个月前

      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·
    1 个月前

    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·
    1 个月前

    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.

    • Tiral@lemmy.world
      5·
      1 个月前

      Yeah, HP is currently in several lawsuits for their printers. They remotely disable them and a bunch of crazy stuff.

    • badgermurphy@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 个月前

      I saw this color laser HP printer at work some years ago where the toner cartridges were in this “Ferris Wheel” apparatus and were moved to the paper, rather than the paper moving past them.

      I couldn’t believe it even worked for a week.

  • cley_faye@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 个月前

    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·
    1 个月前

    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·
    1 个月前

    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·
      1 个月前

      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.

  • itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml
    3·
    1 个月前

    Right now I’m the only one in the house who can print without issues and it’s only from my phone via WiFi. The desktop and another phone cannot print at all. A 3rd phone can print but has to select the paper tray on the touchscreen every time.