• brem@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      15·
      4 months ago

      …especially when it’s a stolen repost on a fringe version of Reddit about a used printer.

    • fading_person@lemmy.zip
      271·
      4 months ago

      A free printer saved from becoming waste is a free printer saved from becoming waste, I’m not leaving it behind. The poor printer has no fault that their creators are so evil.

      • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
        3·
        4 months ago

        Yeah maybe, but an orc is just an orc. When you’re evil, you’re evil

        HP printers are orcs, and they do behave evil, whether they like to or not

      • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
        3·
        4 months ago

        I have a Brother laser printer and an Epson ink tank. They both work fine with Linux. I had to install some drivers but that was largely painless.

      • doughless@lemmy.world
        6·
        4 months ago

        I’ve had an Epson EcoTank printer for a few years now, and have never had trouble printing from Linux. And the ink is orders of magnitude cheaper than cartridge-based printers.

      • PoliteDudeInTheMood@lemmy.ca
        10·
        4 months ago

        Usually everyone tells about how amazing Brother printers are in every HP thread. But yes, to answer your question: Brother Laser Printers.

        I have 3, there have been rumors that the newer models have moved to DRM for their toner cartridges. But I have yet to confirm this.

        Linux sees all the brother printers on my network and can print to all of them without issue.

        • Jason2357@lemmy.ca
          1·
          4 months ago

          I came looking for the brother comment. My bw laser is 18 years old, and the toner is about 10. Still works great. USB plug-and-play on Linux.

      • Opisek@lemmy.world
        1·
        4 months ago

        100% Brother. The driver support is phenomenal. I could easily set up a scan pipeline so that when I just press a button on the printer, it scans the document and sends it to my server. There in gets processed in a few ways before it’s placed on my NAS. Very nerdy and very convenient. I love it.

      • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        do brother printers play well with linux? I’ve had two b/w laserjets for the last 20 years. one at work, one at home. bought them both 20 years ago, they still work great. can still network (computer to wifi router to router to printer. the place i live was wired with cat 5 already when we moved in I WAS SO LUCKY) print on both of them too.

          • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            4 months ago

            ooo, thank you for the input. part of my long-standing hesitancy to fully move the network over to linux is “do my fucking old minifridge sized printers work with the linux easier than with the microsoft” and I have already figured out all the kinks (heh) for my network for microsoft. so far.

  • rekabis@lemmy.ca
    12·
    4 months ago

    The fact that you need an account t just to get certain features is why I am still rocking an HP 4050DTN from the prior century.

    No subscriptions, no DRM, no artificial limitations on what I can do with it. It’s 100% mine to do with what I want.

  • brem@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    36·
    4 months ago

    I remember seeing this on reddit like 5 years ago.

    Does this mean my meme folder is fair game too?

  • criticon@lemmy.ca
    10·
    4 months ago

    My HP laser all-in-one works better with PS than using the app. I was worried when I switched to Linux but it’s way easier and usually never fails to print or scan