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@mekkaokereke @tehstu @clive @hazelnot @teadrinker
FWIW, we've been using both of these for years with Linux:
- Canon MF210 (B&W laser with scanner -- requires driver)
- HP LaserJet 200 color M251nw (no special driver -- but sometimes you get one thing you can print to and one that reports toner levels but won't print)
@mekkaokereke
By Satan's starfish, the legends are true! a useful product review!
@tehstu @clive @hazelnot @teadrinker
@ThirteenthWorrier @mekkaokereke @tehstu @hazelnot @teadrinker
the old prophets were right
@clive I've never had problems with Brother printers, though I can't remember what happened to the previous brother printer we used to have. We have an Epson now for the color printing (school projects for the kids), and it is a toner monster.
@clive @mekkaokereke @tehstu @hazelnot @teadrinker
Fucking love that review.
Their 2024 followup is solid as well.
Headline:
"Best printer 2024, best printer for home use, office use, printing labels, printer for school, homework printer you are a printer we are all printers"
@dusk @clive @mekkaokereke @tehstu @hazelnot @teadrinker my only addition to that gem of a review is to consider spending a few mins to look for the Brother printer with duplex printing - that’s super useful if you have to often print out longer documents to read (or contracts to sign etc). I have one I bought in 2020 - it handled homeschooling for a few years and is still just working. Reliable. Quiet. Never holds us hostage.
@Rycaut @dusk @clive @mekkaokereke @tehstu @hazelnot @teadrinker I’m still on my Brother duplex color laser from about 2011. Only trouble it’s ever given is it needed a firmware update early on to avoid a crash that required a reboot, but it’s been a rock-solid piece of hardware. Saved a ton of money in the long term.
@disappearinjon @Rycaut @clive @mekkaokereke @tehstu @hazelnot @teadrinker
Meanwhile, I have such infrequent printing needs that I keep believing that the free inkjets that folk give away are gonna work if I just give ‘em a fresh cartridge.
I’ve got a small flock of them, now. None of them are functional.
Made the mistake of connecting an HP Envy to my wifi. Such convenience, wireless printing!!
Never have I ever watched a device update its own firmware with no interaction from me.
Must be part of their brave initiative to protect users from malicious printer cartridge microchips!!
/sarcasm
![HP software notice:
Toner Installed
Your software can authenticate cartridges using an online
service. However, access to the internet is not possible at
this time.
[OK button]](https://todon.eu/system/media_attachments/files/113/585/384/607/243/583/original/bce88b20ed68f38a.png "HP software notice:
Toner Installed
Your software can authenticate cartridges using an online
service. However, access to the internet is not possible at
this time.
[OK button]")
@dusk @disappearinjon @Rycaut @mekkaokereke @tehstu @hazelnot @teadrinker
I did this for several years too!
@clive @mekkaokereke @tehstu @hazelnot @teadrinker got so mad at brother for the last POS inkjet i got from them, they’re dead to me. got a canon B&W laser copier and never looked back. i rarely need color prints. i’ll just go to a print shop and get it done that way.
@hazelnot @blogdiva @teadrinker @mekkaokereke @tehstu
this is what I too realized – fortunately, I don’t need to print in color very often, so I can just cycle over to the nearby staples whenever I do
@mekkaokereke @tehstu @clive @hazelnot @teadrinker the Brother laser printers are pretty decent. I have two in the home office.
@mekkaokereke @tehstu @clive @hazelnot @teadrinker @nilay_patel you won the internet