• MudMan@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    I wonder when someone will come up with a hipstery, fancy-looking printer that sells on the basis of “we don’t give a crap about all that, here’s a bag of ink refills, just pay us more up-front”.

    All the tech startups are out there trying to get you into a subscription, I think we’re getting to the point where this is annoying enough that you could sell very expensive, fashionable small-run hardware to people on the basis of not being this.

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      9 months ago

      They’re called laser printers. Ink is for idiots, especially if you only print once in a while.

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      9 months ago

      I’ve been told that this is Brother Printers but I don’t own one as I no longer need a printer. Not sure how accurate but quite a few folk claim Brother is the last bastion of just buying and using a printer with whatever ink you put through it.

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        9 months ago

        I have a Brother laser printer. I print a lot. It just works, it’s cheap and you can use off-brand toner. It’s great!

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          9 months ago

          I bought mine a few years ago, and I’m still on the original toner cartridge.

      • WallEx@feddit.de
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        9 months ago

        Yep, i work in it, and for small Printers brother is the only good Option.