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I use those methods as well, but nothing seems to beat printing. One thing I like is the ability to write notes directly on the paper using a pen. I have a Wacom Cintiq, so I could conceivably do the same tHing digitaly, but it isn’t the same. Something about the materiality of paper?
Big eInk device with pen support could be an alternative
But mostly I stopped because there was a critical mass of people who seemed to be okay with me emailing PDFs.
If I need to print something, I email it to kinkos. I've probably spent $20 on printing there in the last 3 years so it probably saves money as well.
I use a Dymo label printer for shipping labels, and a Brother laser printer for packing slips almost every day for my small business. Both connected to my Proxmox machine running cupsd, printing from all platforms in my household; Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, all work fine, I print remotely though a WireGuard tunnel when not at home.
I print the packing slips with the shipping labels on the label printer.
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Just hook it up via USB?
There's one in the house, centrally located. Could be done, but would make it dependent on one computer. Our desks are small as well. :-(
10 years ago. I’m in Japan and I go to the nearest convenience store, transfer the pdf document to the printer and get a clean print. I only use the printer for two pages a month to post the document, stamped with my company hanko, to a traditional Japanese big company. The only time that I regret not having a printer is when it is pouring with rain on print day. Why? Because dried up ink was a rip off.
Toner printers work really well, and don’t “dry up”. If you’re printing on a regular basis, I cannot see why you wouldn’t get a good quality laser printer. If you don’t have room in your desk or something, that makes sense, but if that’s the only reason, I recommend looking further into it.
Costs £102 directly from HP in the UK.
https://www.hp.com/gb-en/shop/product.aspx?id=W2G51A&opt=B19...
I haven’t. I have a Brother laser printer that’s probably 10 years old now, if not closer to 15. I don’t use it frequently, but it comes in handy occasionally. My wife prints a little more than I do. Toner is cheap and lasts forever. I think I’ve been through 4-5 toner carts and 1 drum replacement. If it died, I’d get another. As infrequently as I use one, when you need it it’s nice to have.
As a side note my Brother Laserjet has been rock solid. knocks on wood It's the only printer that has stood the tests of time and usage thus far.
There is a company down the highway from me that can print things but then I have to email my documents to them. That is one more copy of the documents laying around on someones mail server and on their PC of unknown patched/security status.
My printer is now useful only as a scanner.