I haven’t had a broken printer in years!
My local library branch is walking distance and has free printing, so I got rid of my printer.
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BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 7 months ago
To be fair, when are printers not broken?
lengau@midwest.social 7 months ago
BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Awesome!
Last time I tried to print from a library, it was print-to-pdf wasn’t an easy thing, and laptops were rare and underpowered. So printing from a different computer was hard if that computer didn’t have the same programs.
I’m glad things have gotten better and you are able to use the library!
mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Back before bubblejets existed, it was a fucktonne less frequent.
BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Dot Matrix FTW!
ripcord@lemmy.world 7 months ago
…30 years ago?
mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I have no way of responding to this that can’t be interpreted as an insult so I’m just blocking you.
sheogorath@lemmy.world 7 months ago
30 years ago meaning the late 60s early 70s right?
this_1_is_mine@lemmy.world 7 months ago
My library was using dot matrix clear until 1998 when they finally got enough funding to be modernized. Wauwatosa public library in Milwaukee county mind you. Not a small dollar donor supported space.
Raptor_007@lemmy.world 7 months ago
ಥ_ಥ
this_1_is_mine@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Buy a brother LaserJet and never worry again.
AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Brother gang, rise up
OozingPositron@feddit.cl 7 months ago
Brothers, even.
Hadriscus@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Our Brother sewing machine is fantastic. It doesn’t print though
AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You know, we also have a very sturdily built Brother sewing machine as well and I never noticed that they’re the same company that made our printer.
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Technically it does. Just not through PC.
foxglove@feddit.de 7 months ago
Amen, Brother.
hedgehog@ttrpg.network 7 months ago
100%. I got the Brother HL-2370DW and it served me well, but it’s a black-and-white laser printer and sometimes I needed to print in color. I got fed up dealing with inkjet printers so I got the Brother HL-3270CDW. It’s great at printing off props and visual aids for my weekly tabletop game and so on.
It’s not technically “perfect” - sometimes a Mac will fail to print to them wirelessly and say they printed fine (and that seems to be an issue on the Mac side) and I think we average maybe one paper jam per year - but it’s as close to perfect as I’ve ever gotten with a printer.
hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
You have no idea how much I regret buying a Canon Pixmass printer on offer for 50€. I should have just sucked it up and coughed up 100 more to get a damn Brother laser printer.
Well,at least now I get to replace ink cartridges every week or so and I get to print my ass on photographic paper.
Live and learn I guess.