Comment on Peak technology
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 8 months agoIf you want a non-Brother recommendation, find one of the old HP OfficeJets. Those things were figuratively and perhaps literally bulletproof.
We had a 5P back in the Win98 days, and it was exactly what you'd expect a printer to be. The refills were pricey, but they'd last a long time (we printed a lot then). And you could get a bit more life out of an empty drum if you shook the hell out it.
I do wonder about compatibility with Win10/11 at this point. I know some other old devices I still have around are all but impossible to get to work.
There’s still CUPS support
I remember seeing them abused in my university computer lab. People would print 50 page documents, see they screwed something up, trash the whole thing, and then print again.
Keyboards, monitors, mice, computers, and network switches would come and go but those tanks would just keep rolling. Plus we could program rude messages on the screens via the web interface, which was fun.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 months ago
My 5P didn’t survive the 2012 move. RIP