I don’t know if it matters, but I just bought a Canon laser printer. Didn’t see anywhere about forced subscription options for toner.
Naich@lemmings.world 1 month ago
Oh FFS. Not Brother as well. I used to recommend them to everyone. Who is left with unshittified printers?
Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 month ago
we bought laser canon printer to, toner cartridge doesnt use color, so if you want color you would need an ink printer, its better to print a library or a printer shop anyways.
rooster_butt@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I have a color canon laser printer scanner.
Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
That’s actually what I bought, too.
Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I don’t at all feel vindicated, but my Brother printer is the worst printer I ever owned (this was 20 years ago admittedly). Absolute hunk of junk with nothing but problems. I’ve always wondered why they were so well recommended online.
Naich@lemmings.world 1 month ago
Could have been a Friday afternoon one. The one I have is a workhorse that could print on bark using toner made of charcoal and dust.
Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I’ve got a Lexmark laser printer, and while there are cheaper subscription toners, you can pay the higher price for normal toner, and buy compatibles, for now at least.
Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 month ago
you seem to have gotten a smart printer, new ones have that one, we got a canon laser.
Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 month ago
use a laser printer? preferabally the ones that doesnt use updates or any newer versions.
Meron35@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Kyocera. Also Japanese, and plenty of cheap generic toners available online.
pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
ill have to recommend buying old refurbished printers
nul9o9@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Epson inkjets with refillable tanks probably.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Depending on the frequency of your printing, they can suck as well. Chronically clogged nozzles are maddening.
darkevilmac@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
You can run a power clean cycle which should help, then just replace the foam pads they saturate with ink for the cleaning
They’re not perfect but they’re still the most consumer friendly option on the market at this point
nul9o9@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, that’s true. That was a pain in the ass when my wife needed good color accuracy.
snek_boi@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
This. My partner’s office is stuck with “it has to be inkjet” and not toner, and on January their printer got clogged…
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Inkjet is great, for photo printing regularly. For absolutely every other situation a laser printer is better.
Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 month ago
ink jet ones are so messy, and it waste a ton of ink.
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 month ago
I have the 2850. Been using it for a couple years now. Print maybe once a month. Nozzles get clogged periodically but you run the automated cleaning process and it’s back to working again.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Did they ever make the excess ink parts user replaceable?
That they weren’t in some models kept me from getting one when I was in the market a few years ago.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
That printer is a nightmare. But financially makes sense.
Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
The printer has the same ink problems, clogged, runs out easy, can’t print b&w when missing a color. But I can buy random ink.