I couldn’t convince my dad to get a Brother laser printer, so he got a Brother Inkjet. It still works so much better, and the ink lasts so much longer, than any other inkjet I’ve used.
printer is one odd bunch of computing output devices
when other types of output devices (such as monitor display, hdmi, usb, etc) evolves and improved over decades, printer is bring so much little into the mix
I got volunteered to fix printer driver issue for a family member. The had one printer, and got another bcz the first one broke. New printer wouldn’t work so they just kept installing the drivers. The software gladly let them. Thankfully only took 15 mins to fix, but I told them printers are for bitches, me and my home print at the library.
Multifunction-Printers are even worse. If you got a decent one by chance, after 5 odd years the integrated server gets wonky and the usb controller starts randomizing MAC addresses, so you have to setup it anew each time. Those things are haunted!
This may explain the issues I have at my buddies automotive shop… every few months all the PCs loose connection, then I have to uninstall all the drives and install them again. Fucking HP.
imho, the new printers are pretty good. Like ever since the companies stopped the inkjet fiasco and switched over to the inktank thing, its been really smooth.
My experience with the Epson ecotank is pretty good.
I did something similiar, I named all the printers with an esoteric naming scheme based on the OU and location, but completely indecipherable, and GPO reset the default printer every morning. That way the print was always released to a random printer that the user chose in utter bewilderment and confusion, so there was no chance any particular printer would see enough use that I’d have to change the toner in this decade.
We have central printing with color Kyoceras on each floor, with black and white as default preset (pushed via GPO) we managed to decrease our printing expenses by 80%
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Brother brand Laser Printer, gentleman. Only printer I’d ever touch
I couldn’t convince my dad to get a Brother laser printer, so he got a Brother Inkjet. It still works so much better, and the ink lasts so much longer, than any other inkjet I’ve used.
13 years going on mine. Only ever bought new toner 2 times.
6 years total, first 4 was as a uni student on mine. Never gave me a single issue and still running off the same toner
Same here. And somehow windows just detects and Installs it every time over the network.
This is the way.
printer is one odd bunch of computing output devices
when other types of output devices (such as monitor display, hdmi, usb, etc) evolves and improved over decades, printer is bring so much little into the mix
They evolved backwards. Back in the day you sent the raw text over the parallel port and it just printed it
They have tho. Like, they have made it cheaper. And the new inktank models are economically efficient.
Why is “jup” in German/Dutch/Swedish/Danish spelling?
Are you an undercover German?
Jup.
OH SHIT GET 'T LUCHTALARM
/jGuten Tag!
HP is the worst.
APAB
My HP laser printer is amazing, no drivers needed, lasts long on ink, connects to everything, I love it.
Sure it doesn’t have colour printing, nor scanning, not Bluetooth. But the thing just works every single time!
pc load letter?
WTF does that mean?
I got volunteered to fix printer driver issue for a family member. The had one printer, and got another bcz the first one broke. New printer wouldn’t work so they just kept installing the drivers. The software gladly let them. Thankfully only took 15 mins to fix, but I told them printers are for bitches, me and my home print at the library.
Printer and scanner drivers are going to be the death of me, I swear
Multifunction-Printers are even worse. If you got a decent one by chance, after 5 odd years the integrated server gets wonky and the usb controller starts randomizing MAC addresses, so you have to setup it anew each time. Those things are haunted!
This may explain the issues I have at my buddies automotive shop… every few months all the PCs loose connection, then I have to uninstall all the drives and install them again. Fucking HP.
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That guy is too smart, he’d better he careful. He’ll be found dead at his desk after mysteriously choking on an HP cyan cartridge.
They wouldn’t be so obvious.
They would just slowly replace all his blood with HP 952XL Magenta
That’s an expensive way to kill someone. It’d probably be cheaper to pay for a hitman at the point.
It’s not about the money, it’s about sending a message.
imho, the new printers are pretty good. Like ever since the companies stopped the inkjet fiasco and switched over to the inktank thing, its been really smooth.
My experience with the Epson ecotank is pretty good.
HP is still the worst, though.
The only difference between HP and a 1930’s Italian mob protection racket is they don’t break your kneecaps yet
Yeah, even their inktanks are unusable.
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Welcome to the world of business printing done right. A rare sight these days.
I did something similiar, I named all the printers with an esoteric naming scheme based on the OU and location, but completely indecipherable, and GPO reset the default printer every morning. That way the print was always released to a random printer that the user chose in utter bewilderment and confusion, so there was no chance any particular printer would see enough use that I’d have to change the toner in this decade.
Worked great.
Lawful good solution and chaotic good solution
Software like papercut is the best.
Printers are the worst!
Back in my day. Printers printed in dots. And that’s the way we liked it.
Put cabled in. And it worked.
And it was so satisfying ripping the side holes off.
Also satisfying: folding two strips like this:
Ripping the side holes off and putting them into a box so you have an entire box full of shredded paper sides
I literally go to the copy place now and tell everyone I “don’t know how” to work on printers.
Life is too short.
Hey it’s me zebra…🔥🔥🔥🔥 oopsie
I never noticed, but it looks like the guy who took the photo got sprayed too.
We have central printing with color Kyoceras on each floor, with black and white as default preset (pushed via GPO) we managed to decrease our printing expenses by 80%