Comment on Man-in-the-Middle PCB Unlocks HP Ink Cartridges

Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Quite honestly, back in the 90s I thought it was essential to have a printer. Back then I used to buy a binder, and a bunch of those plastic paper holding sleeves. And I’d print out entire gamefaqs which were sometimes 300 pages.

  Then ink started to get expensive. So I stopped. Then now these new printers have DRM. So I just never bought a printer since the 90s.

  And I feel I’m not alone. I bet there are millions of people who would be printer customers if printer ink weren’t the most artificially expensive substance on the planet.

  If I could go out and buy a printer replacement ink pack for $5.00 and have it last a few months, I’d just buy them regularly. Instead I haven’t paid one dime in close to 25 years. Gee, guess that financial decision paid off for them…

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  • Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The solution is to just buy a cheap Brother mono laser printer.

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    • Landless2029@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      for bonus points get a used one!

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      • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        If you’re extra lucky, it’ll still be running on the original included demo toner cartridge.

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      • phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Bonus bonus points: get a free new one!

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  • Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You might want to look at laser printers. If you’re just doing black and white documents, whatever the latest Brother printer is will do a good job, do it fast, and not screech at you about your cyan running out.

    It’s a few hundred bucks up front, but the toner cartridges print a ton of pages and don’t dry out if you don’t use them. I can’t recommend it enough if you have even a passing desire to make hard copies of documents.

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    • Mrgrey06@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      This. I have a brother color laser printer I bought years ago. Literally before COVID happened, so I’ve had it about 6 years. I replaced the black stock toner, haven’t replaced any others yet. Thing still prints like a champ even though it’ll randomly forget Wi-Fi settings… Lol

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      • VonReposti@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I bought an HP* color laser before Covid too. It’s starting to bitch about cyan, but holy hell I abused the shit out of it during my studies and it’s still good as new.

        *I know, but their enterprise grade stuff is actually decent.

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    • hagelslager@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Agreed, I have a (pre-HP) Samsung laser printer and it works whenever I need it to. Sure, it only works via USB and only has one button and an on/off switch, but it works when needed.

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      • Revan343@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        it only works via USB and only has one button and an on/off switch, but it works when needed

        That’s ideal; the less connected it is, the less chance I’ll have to shoot it

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  • noughtnaut@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I went directly from a dot matrix (ImageWriter II ftw!) to a laser. Except for photo prints, I find it immensely practical to be able to print stuff at home.

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  • dandu3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Nowadays you have tank printers. They’re more expensive upfront but the ink is much cheaper. It’s even cheaper if you go for aftermarket ink. I have an Epson and it’s great. Don’t think I’ll go with the cheap ink however, I just don’t use it that much to justify the savings

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