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   Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 16:05:51 JST Tek say resist

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   @elfin It's *way* easier to own a laser these days. Factoring in ink, they're cheaper than inkjets.

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     `Da Elf (elfin@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 16:05:52 JST `Da Elf

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     @tek In my brief stint in sales when I was the 17-Year Old Smart Kid I sold the original HP 550DJ and the HP 750DJ Color (And their cost was almost exactly their model number no kidding) it was Huge. People could afford laser quality at a 1/3 to 1/4 the barrier to entry but upkeep was 1/10 of TCO.

     Naturally An Executive figured out a way to completely fuck that up.

     It might actually be cheaper and easier to own a laser these days.

     (Dunno, I'm a Unix guy so I "print" to files, as is proper.)

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     `Da Elf (elfin@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 16:05:53 JST `Da Elf

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     @tek The 1200n and a few others could take a Tandem-Warhead HEAT Round ... you might have to replace the fuser and vacuum the toner dust out, but they'd still work. (Also laser printers...not this inkjet stuff, very different animals.)

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     `Da Elf (elfin@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 16:05:54 JST `Da Elf

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     @tek In some ways HP is my alma mater in The Industry.

     I will Not buy HP printers at all. Especially with their new "Subscription Ink" bullshit (printer phones home you're out of magenta again and a magenta cartridge shows up...no, I mean No, Hell No). And I'm printing in black asshat, print without magenta. But I was done when they chipped the cartridge like a Keurig Cup.

     I recently had cause to buy a printer/scanner and the only sane choice was Brother.

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     Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 16:05:54 JST Tek say resist

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     @elfin Yup. I had a LaserJet 1200n that could stand up to a Soviet tank. There’s no plausible scenario where I’d subscribe to ink. Just... no.

     For scanners: the ScanSnap iX500 is the last model that humanity needed to invent. That's it. It's perfection. Close the labs. We're done here.

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     Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 16:05:55 JST Tek say resist

     “Pay no attention to the USB port behind the “no USB” sticker.Is covering a printer’s USB port with a sticker to push people into wireless printing the worst thing HP does with its hardware? Not remotely. Is it still pretty funny to watch someone just take off the sticker and plug their printer in? I think so.” https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/4/23820710/pay-no-attention-to-the-usb-port-behind-the-no-usb-sticker

     Friends don't let friends buy HP. I’m Team Brother Laser, but everyone seems to have their own personal favorite.

     But not HP.