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  • Re: Ink Tank Printers, Pro/Co

    From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nopants on Thu Jul 13 07:50:00 2023
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    I did the same thing and then I bought a Brother inkjet and ignore the toner warnings.

    Now I don't need to deal with those miserable people at Staples.

    I'm all in on Amazon for toner and ink cartridges. I picked up an inket
    MFP that takes individual color tanks, and found a third party that sells 3
    of each for $18 on Amazon - works great. It's the first time I've ever
    not thought about ink costs when printing with an inkjet printer. it
    lets me scan to PDF or scan photos, too.

    For big black and white jobs I have a cheap Brother laser printer -
    third-party toner is also cheap.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to MRO on Thu Jul 13 07:56:00 2023
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    i just print at work or at the ups store.

    One of my first jobs was at a law firm where every piece of paper
    printed needed a client code, and unbilled copies were scrutinized,
    HEAVILY.

    The computer room was on another floor, and sitting in the room,
    unappreciated, was an HP Laserjet that wasn't connected to the billing
    system. I appreciated the hell out of it.



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  • From Nopants@VERT/CITBBS to Gamgee on Mon Aug 28 18:29:00 2023
    Re: Re: Ink Tank Printers, Pr
    By: Gamgee to Nopants on Thu Jul 13 2023 08:41 am

    I did the same thing and then I bought a Brother inkjet and
    ignore the toner warnings.

    An inkjet printer doesn't use toner. It uses...... ink.

    Brother Laser! See, I don't even know what it is. That's how much I don't fuss with it. I do ignore the toner warnings :).


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  • From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to Nopants on Mon Sep 11 20:55:46 2023
    Re: Re: Ink Tank Printers, Pr
    By: Nopants to Gamgee on Mon Aug 28 2023 18:29:00

    Brother Laser! See, I don't even know what it is. That's how much I don't fuss with it. I do ignore the toner warnings :).

    I've been using HP Laser (Color for about 9 years now), mostly because Brother was less out of the box ready with Linux. With HP, every device I typically print from including my phone just works. Windows, Linux, MacOS, Android all load and print without any special issues. I replaced the tonor cartridges once in the past decade, I don't print much, but when I do, it just goes.


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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANTIR to Tracker1 on Wed Sep 13 15:03:25 2023
    Re: Re: Ink Tank Printers, Pr
    By: Tracker1 to Nopants on Mon Sep 11 2023 08:55 pm

    Re: Re: Ink Tank Printers, Pr
    By: Nopants to Gamgee on Mon Aug 28 2023 18:29:00

    Brother Laser! See, I don't even know what it is. That's how much I don > No> fuss with it. I do ignore the toner warnings :).

    I've been using HP Laser (Color for about 9 years now), mostly because Broth > t any special issues. I replaced the tonor cartridges once in the past deca >

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    Newer HP multifunction printers need plugins you need to install. It is still easy but no longer plug-and-play.

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  • From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to Arelor on Fri Sep 15 19:04:04 2023
    Re: Re: Ink Tank Printers, Pr
    By: Arelor to Tracker1 on Wed Sep 13 2023 15:03:25

    Newer HP multifunction printers need plugins you need to install. It is still easy but no longer plug-and-play.

    My SO's multifunction printer is mainly used for its scan-to-pdf functionality... Generally just put in a thumb drive and scan to image or pdf on the device, it's not used other than that. I don't like having to install extra junk, and don't really need it for printing itself, that and it's ink, which I'm not fond of. I need to find a better spot for it, as it takes up a lot of space for something that only gets used a couple times a year.


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  • From Nopants@VERT/CITBBS to Tracker1 on Tue Oct 3 17:44:00 2023
    Re: Re: Ink Tank Printers, Pr
    By: Tracker1 to Nopants on Mon Sep 11 2023 09:55 pm

    I've been using HP Laser (Color for about 9 years now), mostly because Broth

    You don't have to convince me on HP Laser, especially a Color Laser :))

    My first printer was a HP Laserjet+ and then HP Laserjet 4m with ethernet.

    I didn't have a printer for a long time after that and the Brother was just to get my family to shut the hell up about printing :))

    Basically, I am jealous of your HP Laser Color but I hate printers :((

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