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HP Printrule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] 37 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I have an HP printer now, Epson before that. Both are dogshit. When the HP eventually kills itself, as they tend to do, should I buy a Brother? I heard a lot of good stuff about it but have 0 experience with it.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    I've had a brother printer going on 10 years and it's never let me down. I've changed toner three times over that time and each cart has never cost me more than 20 ish quid. No DRM carts, no jamming, no subscriptions just a printer that does its job. Even when it's running low, it doesn't prevent me printing, it'll let me know it's low then keep on printing until you can't see the letters any more.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I swear, if it weren't for the fact that I've also had good experiences with Brother, I'd be thinking they have an insanely good astroturfing department. Every time there's a thread about printers, there are dozens of comments saying how good they are.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I have a Brother DCP L2541DW. Bought it last year and has been working since with no hiccups nor drum change.

    Regardless of brand, don't buy "at home" printers. Those are straight up scams. Just buy office printers.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I have a Brother HL-2365DW. It's a home printer, or maybe at most a home-office printer. I've had it nearly a decade with only two toner replacements. Being laser and networked solve the two biggest problems I've had with inkjet printers in the past, and those two categories are the main things I would strongly recommend to people when choosing a printer.

    edit: I initially wrote "it's not a home printer" (emphasis added here for demonstrative purposes). This was the exact opposite of what I intended to say.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I need to print in colour because I do papercraft :/ any tips?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There do exist colour laser printers, although I suspect if you're interested in artistic printing their quality may not be good enough.

    I couldn't tell you what brands or models are good, but I'm sure some inkjet printers do exist in a less user-hostile business model. You just might need to pay a bit more for them up-front. You'd need to ask the opinions of other people in your hobby's community for better advice I think.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I have a epson EcoTank printer and I really really love it.

    The Ink is cheap and very good. I will never go back to cartriges.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I have had no trouble with my Brother printer in ~7-8 years of use. Of course, laser vs inkjet is not a particularly fair comparison, but I am still never going back to HP, Canon, and the like.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I need to print in colour, I'm afraid. Any tips?

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