If all you need is black and white printing, there is no need to be buying HP inkjet printers anymore. Get yourself a Mine has been going strong for like 10 years now.
Brother also has a handy iOS app for printing and scanning.
How to revert HP printer’s ban on 3rd-party ink cartridges
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#152If all you need is black and white printing, there is no need to be buying HP inkjet printers anymore. Get yourself a Mine has been going strong for like 10 years now.
I agree, the inexpensive laser printers are amazing.
But I do wonder whether this problem will continue to be specific to ink jet printers. It's easy enough to make a laser printer refuse to print with a third party cartridge.
Many refrigerators do the same thing to prevent you from using third party water filters. I think this is a more general pattern than inkjet printers.
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#153If all you need is black and white printing, there is no need to be buying HP inkjet printers anymore. Get yourself a Mine has been going strong for like 10 years now.
Brother also has a handy iOS app for printing and scanning.
Are these shill accounts? I've seen raving template-looking comments for Brother in every printer thread for the past few weeks.
Get yourself a Edit: Sorry if I'm jumping the gun. Maybe they really are just great?
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#154If all you need is black and white printing, there is no need to be buying HP inkjet printers anymore. Get yourself a Mine has been going strong for like 10 years now.
Only problem with Brother on Linux seems that they do bot distribute drivers in source code but a binary-only Debian package. So, while they seem to have a good reputation for Linux support, there is still lots of room for improvement.
Ah, and also on the newwer Brother printers one has to do a complicated configuration menu dance to get rid of "Toner cartridge empty" warnings, in order to do a "Toner Reset", which lets one continue to use a half-empty cartridge. Some kind of fools' tax, it seems.
Re: How to revert HP printer’s ban on 3rd-party ink cartridges
#155If all you need is black and white printing, there is no need to be buying HP inkjet printers anymore. Get yourself a Mine has been going strong for like 10 years now.
Only problem with Brother on Linux seems that they do bot distribute drivers in source code but a binary-only Debian package. So, while they seem to have a good reputation for Linux support, there is still lots of room for improvement. Ah, and also on the newwer Brother printers one has to do a complicated configuration menu dance to get rid of "Toner cartridge empty" warnings, in order to do a "Toner Reset", which l…
Why do you need a driver? I thought basically every 2020 printer - and CUPS - supported AirPrint.
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#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
Brother also has a handy iOS app for printing and scanning.
Are these shill accounts? I've seen raving template-looking comments for Brother in every printer thread for the past few weeks. Get yourself a Edit: Sorry if I'm jumping the gun. Maybe they really are just great?
I’m gonna get myself one and see. I’m leaning towards the comments are just authentic users excited about a quality product. I never got an uncanny valley feeling from them.
I’m just so sick of the inkjet racket and this latest HP move is the last straw.
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#157Samsung did similar thing with their S9 and probably other phones. You had perfectly working call recording functionality until it was blocked by software update that you cannot turn off - you can only postpone every day or so.
They also removed the photosphere feature from their phone's camera app when they released the Gear 360.
I'm not saying they're not allowed to do that, but it did make me want to never buy a Samsung phone again.
Re: How to revert HP printer’s ban on 3rd-party ink cartridges
#158If all you need is black and white printing, there is no need to be buying HP inkjet printers anymore. Get yourself a Mine has been going strong for like 10 years now.
When I did tech support for HP some 20 years ago, our advice to consumers was never to refill your toner as the photo reactive material on the drum would wear over time. I always assumed this was true and the cartridge would last maybe 2-3x the initial amount of toner. I’m amazed that is 10 years! That’s awesome.
I have seen the photo reactive material wear. Seems to be rough particles come from somewhere and scratch it.
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#159Earlier quoted context omitted.
I use inkjet printers and I am very satisfied. I am using an Epson printer with what they call EcoTank. Just tanks with different color inks that you can refill yourself.
How’s the ink life? As in: does it “dry up”? Because inkjets have a tendency to do that over time.
my ink jets always dried up. I print once a month or so. by inkjets would clog, then I'd have to use my ink to unclog it. I switched back to a laser printer. so much more durable.
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#160I thought this was illegal and why the third party cartridge market is so big. Anyway, I wouldn't recommend inkjet printers for normal home users: for plain text, I'd use a B&W laserjet printer and if I had to print in color (like broschures or food recipes with photos), I'd use a color laserjet. For quality photos, I'd send them in to a professional service: it's still pretty cheap compared to inkjet printing... I'v…
Agree with you on all points but have to comment on the high quality photos. I think there is a huge market for ability to print them at home due to how many people have families/share photos in hard copy form. The turnaround time for getting those printed even at a local shop is prohibitive and totally worth it having a top of the line inkjet printer. Color laser does not come close.