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Ask HN: What home printer do you use/recommend?

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Re: Ask HN: What home printer do you use/recommend?

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Post by helterskelter »

vpfaiz wrote: post #7
helterskelter wrote: post #6

Can't say I've had an issue with my Brother. Works great with Linux and ink is available at the office supply store.

I used to have one Brother mode, sold it for $50 after long battle with ink drains. It will sneakily drain the ink cleaning the print head at midnight. I had to keep it off. Then they have chips inside the cartridge to prove authenticity of cartridge!! When the printer itself is cheaper than the cartridge, its almost always is a scam in my personal experience. Get an EPSON tank printer, or a laser..

Yeah I've got a Brother laser printer, never had an issue. Maybe it's just the inkjets?

Re: Ask HN: What home printer do you use/recommend?

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Post by elevation »

I have exclusively printed from Ubuntu, I currently use a Dell C1765 color laser.

I also use a Brother HL-2170W, but I was unable to enable network printing on this device without first attaching it to a windows machine via USB and running the brother utility.

I print infrequently enough that inkjets would essentially be one-time-use, as the nozzles would completely dry up before I could use it again. So Laser is the best option.

Re: Ask HN: What home printer do you use/recommend?

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Post by khurs »

I have a Canon laser printer. The shop wanted to sell me another brand as was cheaper to run, but I explained I wanted that one as it had a fast 'time to first print'. As like you I only print occasionally so want to turn on the printer and get it out asap.

A lot of printing in the e-commerce days are postage labels. So if you print a lot of them, also get a cheap label printer.

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