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Re: HP LaserJet Tank – Refillable laser printer

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bayindirh wrote: post #45
ommz wrote: post #8

> Requires the HP Smart app download. > Subscription may be required; subscription may not be available in all countries > HP account required for full functionality > Get up to 5,000 pages or up to 2 years of pre-filled toner The disclaimers, or more succinctly, the anti-feature section.

> Requires the HP Smart app download. To be able to scan your documents to your phone directly. > Subscription may be required; subscription may not be available in all countries For some advanced, Prizmo-like scan features and OCR which are probably cloud based. > Get up to 5,000 pages or up to 2 years of pre-filled toner Considering printers at same size provides ~3000 pages, that's good. 2 years is probably printi…

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Re: HP LaserJet Tank – Refillable laser printer

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Post by nebula8804 »

andrewia wrote: post #19
whitewingjek wrote: post #4

> NOTE: The printer only works with original HP toner refill kits. If original HP toner is not installed in the printer, the printer will not work as expected. Still vendor locked. Rather just stick with something you can refill yourself.

Looking at the manual, the toner refill kit is entirely passive and has no electrical contacts or other authentication. That's just verbage to scare you into buying their refill kit instead of the inevitable generic version.

Mixing different toner particle sizes and compounds has ended in complete disaster for me in the past. I recall mixing and matching OEM with third party and then the toner not sticking to the paper properly. Guess where it goes if the toner does not end up on the paper and the printer thinks it did? It starts accumulating in the printer leading to a total disaster because now the printer never worked right after that.

Now I just buy my OEM toner used on eBay. Thats the secret. Find a semi new somewhat popular business class printer and keep an eye out for companies offloading their unused OEM toner.

Re: HP LaserJet Tank – Refillable laser printer

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Post by nebula8804 »

mmastrac wrote: post #11

My HP LaserJet 6P is still running strong, almost 20 years after I bought it second-hand and almost 25 since it was released (!). I've been using nothing but unofficial toner in it and other than some streaking that developed in the last few years (too lazy to clean the toner for now), it's been flawless. Apparently HP made things so well for so long that they've decided to correct that mistake. No subscription requi…

How does it handle documents with complex graphics/large files? I had this exact same printer and for anything other than text, this thing took forever to "process" the document. Eventually I trashed it.

Re: HP LaserJet Tank – Refillable laser printer

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Post by nebula8804 »

Marazan wrote: post #37
mmastrac wrote: post #11

My HP LaserJet 6P is still running strong, almost 20 years after I bought it second-hand and almost 25 since it was released (!). I've been using nothing but unofficial toner in it and other than some streaking that developed in the last few years (too lazy to clean the toner for now), it's been flawless. Apparently HP made things so well for so long that they've decided to correct that mistake. No subscription requi…

I have a cheap, domestic HP1020. Absolutely fantastic piece of kit for printing text. It is from the before times, apparently it was so good it started eating into their low end commercial unit sales so they discontinued it.

How does it handle curling of paper? I had this model but it would start to curl paper if you printed more than a few sheets at a time.

Re: HP LaserJet Tank – Refillable laser printer

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Post by osrec »

bayindirh wrote: post #45
ommz wrote: post #8

> Requires the HP Smart app download. > Subscription may be required; subscription may not be available in all countries > HP account required for full functionality > Get up to 5,000 pages or up to 2 years of pre-filled toner The disclaimers, or more succinctly, the anti-feature section.

> Requires the HP Smart app download. To be able to scan your documents to your phone directly. > Subscription may be required; subscription may not be available in all countries For some advanced, Prizmo-like scan features and OCR which are probably cloud based. > Get up to 5,000 pages or up to 2 years of pre-filled toner Considering printers at same size provides ~3000 pages, that's good. 2 years is probably printi…

In my experience, the best Linux support has been from brother. Also, their printers seem more light weight (in a good way), and their compatible ink is cheaper. Good for basic documents etc, but probably not for printing photos.

Re: HP LaserJet Tank – Refillable laser printer

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Post by bombcar »

jessaustin wrote: post #46
waynesonfire wrote: post #9

> 250-sheet paper input tray nothing more annoying than having a half-empty ream of paper sitting on a shelf.

Unless I want to make emergency office supply trips (in fact, I don't), I have to have something on the shelf. How is a half-ream worse than a ream?

The ream is wrapped and stays clean and secure until you load it in, a half ream is opened and loose and gets dirty and jams when you load it in.

Re: HP LaserJet Tank – Refillable laser printer

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Post by mmastrac »

nebula8804 wrote: post #53
mmastrac wrote: post #11

My HP LaserJet 6P is still running strong, almost 20 years after I bought it second-hand and almost 25 since it was released (!). I've been using nothing but unofficial toner in it and other than some streaking that developed in the last few years (too lazy to clean the toner for now), it's been flawless. Apparently HP made things so well for so long that they've decided to correct that mistake. No subscription requi…

How does it handle documents with complex graphics/large files? I had this exact same printer and for anything other than text, this thing took forever to "process" the document. Eventually I trashed it.

I've never had issues w/complex graphics. Are you using PCL mode + a print server? It might have also had one of the lower memory configurations.

I'm mainly using it for shipping labels and other simple print jobs, but for sure I've printed complex graphics on it and they're always pre-rasterized on the printing computer.

Re: HP LaserJet Tank – Refillable laser printer

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Post by dublin »

osrec wrote: post #55
bayindirh wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Requires the HP Smart app download. To be able to scan your documents to your phone directly. > Subscription may be required; subscription may not be available in all countries For some advanced, Prizmo-like scan features and OCR which are probably cloud based. > Get up to 5,000 pages or up to 2 years of pre-filled toner Considering printers at same size provides ~3000 pages, that's good. 2 years is probably printi…

In my experience, the best Linux support has been from brother. Also, their printers seem more light weight (in a good way), and their compatible ink is cheaper. Good for basic documents etc, but probably not for printing photos.

OKI has absolutely the best color laser (really micro LED strip) printers, and they work flawlessly with PCs, Macs, or Linux, PCL, PS, or native, and wired or wireless (depending on model). I swore off all inkjet printing after buying my first color OKI over 20 years ago, and that decision has saved me thousands in ink and uncounted hours of frustration as I watched that ink being spewed out to clean clogged printheads. Life is too short to use inkjet printers.

OKI's toner is polymer, so in addition to looking great on paper, you can print on "weatherproof laser labels" and they will last for years outdoors. (Outdoors, colors eventually fade, especially red and blue, but the blacks are still very readable on some devices I've deployed after over a decade outside. Not bad for what were intended to be temporary prototype labels...)

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