Comment on Has HP printers always been this bad?

macrocephalic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Sanity_in_Moderation@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Rule 4. If you absolutely need to, buy a Brother.

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  • abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This. Every brother laser printer I’ve ever owned has worked perfectly aside from the occasional cartridge/etc change.

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  • all4one@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Im afraid if we keep sharing this, they might take a dive too.

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  • uberkalden@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Brother inkjet really aren’t better than HP. I have one and the scanner doesn’t work if the ink is out. And it reports no ink waaaay too early. I can trick it into printing longer and almost double the life of the cartridges.

    Maybe brother laser jet is better? I’m sure hp laser is too though

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    • Whattrees@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      HP laser is still markedly worse than Brother laser. Much more expensive toner, harder to find and use off-brands, and (in my experience) much higher failure rates.

      In general, toner is more robust than inkjet, but also HP is worse than Brother.

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  • uis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Don’t bother, buy Brother.

    Whyyyy, brain? Why?

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• frezik@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There are good reasons to buy an inkjet. Just not any under $150. Photographers don’t touch lasers, but their inkjets might have 11 ink cartridges.

  Rule 3 should be considered more often, though. For what you’re paying for the convenience of printing at home, you can buy a lot of printed pages at FedEx.

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  • macrocephalic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Fair, but if you know that much then you know the exception.

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• cabron_offsets@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Rule #4: if possible, have work pay for your printer and other home office shit.

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• SuperJetShoes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I 100% agree with this. Sadly, rule #3 applies to me (my job involves dealing with banks and lawyers).

  I have had two HP inkjet printers which were unmitigated dogshit. Money-grabbing, thrown together pieces of shit. You get more types of jams than at a craft jam shop.

  Five years ago, moved to a Brother laser printer. Little difference in purchase cost. AND IT NEVER FAILS.

  I’m now on my second (dropped first one downstairs when moving house) and it is just as reliable.

  Each to their own, but for me: Brother Laser Printer every time.

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