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0 pointsmcv4y ago0 comments

HP is just awful. I will never buy from them. I bought a Samsung laser printer assuming they were less awful, but now support for Samsung printers is handled by HP.

My next printer is going to be Brother; that seems to be the only honest printer manufacturer out there.

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kstrauser4y ago· 3 in thread

I’ve replaced the mix of HPs and Canons in my house and office with Brothers. They’re like, oh, you made your own toner with crayon and coffee grounds? Ok, I can work with that.

GekkePrutser4y ago

Yeah +1 for Brother. Either they just permit third party cartridges or their protection is so minimal everyone can bypass it. Cheap toner cartridges work perfectly for me.

Only issue is that the printers themselves are really hard to get now. In particular the colour lasers. If I find them it's at a crazy price. So I bought a b/w again. Must be the supply chain thing.

PS the old one was not even broken after 10 years but I got sick of not having network printing :)

trevmeister4y ago

You should buy a Raspberry PI and have it act as a network print server for your printers without Ethernet. This is what I do in office environments with similar situations. It works surprisingly well.

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moepstar4y ago

Probably easily fixed with a Raspberry Pi (probably even a Zero W or something like that) and CUPS?

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Natsu4y ago· 1 in thread

Yeah, I got a Brother laser printer about 10 years ago. Still works just fine. I think it has the original toner in it.

GuB-424y ago

Mine is 20 years old, it is a HL-1250 with an cheap ethernet dongle on the parallel port. I changed the drum and toner 3 years ago, third party, 30€ for both, works perfectly.

I guess my next printer will be a Brother, if I ever need a new printer.

Claude_Shannon4y ago· 1 in thread

Epson is also passable.

f13print4y ago

My parents got an antique Epson, must have fifteen years or more. Every time I visit, I'm so impressed that thing works totally flawlessly, compared to the PITA that is our Canon which is fuzzy all the time with the inks.

doubled1124y ago

I have a black and white Samsung laser (SCX-3200) that just went and went. It's in the garage. USB only, generic PS and PCL emulation, $5 refill kit available where the only gotcha was you need a chip that always reads full.

I was really disappointed when HP took their printers over.

We replaced it with a color laser (Canon MF632Cdw) because my wife wanted to print sewing patterns, and I'm not near as impressed with it. No real problems, though, other than the mess that seems to be UFR II on Linux.

jdlshore4y ago

Brother is a great choice. My wife had a black-and-white for years, and I bought a color a few years ago, replacing an HP PageWide that had been nothing but problems. Both have been fantastic.

sebazzz4y ago

Brothers also reject third party toners. My dad has had multiple occasions that his Brother printer rejects third party cartridges.

2Gkashmiri4y ago

i use an hp 5820 inktank printer. i just buy a squirt bottle once a year o so. never use its conected features or warranty account or wifi. just a dumb printer

M_bara4y ago

Yes. I can attest to brother being nice.

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13 comments · 8 top-level

kstrauser4y ago· 3 in thread

I’ve replaced the mix of HPs and Canons in my house and office with Brothers. They’re like, oh, you made your own toner with crayon and coffee grounds? Ok, I can work with that.

GekkePrutser4y ago

Yeah +1 for Brother. Either they just permit third party cartridges or their protection is so minimal everyone can bypass it. Cheap toner cartridges work perfectly for me.

Only issue is that the printers themselves are really hard to get now. In particular the colour lasers. If I find them it's at a crazy price. So I bought a b/w again. Must be the supply chain thing.

PS the old one was not even broken after 10 years but I got sick of not having network printing :)

trevmeister4y ago

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moepstar4y ago

Probably easily fixed with a Raspberry Pi (probably even a Zero W or something like that) and CUPS?

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Natsu4y ago· 1 in thread

Yeah, I got a Brother laser printer about 10 years ago. Still works just fine. I think it has the original toner in it.

GuB-424y ago

Mine is 20 years old, it is a HL-1250 with an cheap ethernet dongle on the parallel port. I changed the drum and toner 3 years ago, third party, 30€ for both, works perfectly.

I guess my next printer will be a Brother, if I ever need a new printer.

Claude_Shannon4y ago· 1 in thread

Epson is also passable.

f13print4y ago

doubled1124y ago

I was really disappointed when HP took their printers over.

jdlshore4y ago

Brother is a great choice. My wife had a black-and-white for years, and I bought a color a few years ago, replacing an HP PageWide that had been nothing but problems. Both have been fantastic.

sebazzz4y ago

Brothers also reject third party toners. My dad has had multiple occasions that his Brother printer rejects third party cartridges.

2Gkashmiri4y ago

i use an hp 5820 inktank printer. i just buy a squirt bottle once a year o so. never use its conected features or warranty account or wifi. just a dumb printer

M_bara4y ago

Yes. I can attest to brother being nice.

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