Anytime a company reduces the functionality of a device through software or firmware they should have to offer to buy back the hardware. The depreciation rate should be set at time of purchase so you know how much you get if they neuter it a year from now.
@roofuskit@lemmy.world 2028!
Sometimes I wonder why there’s no DIY Paper printer after seeing so…much shit in Printer Company ?
We had advance DIY 3D Printer that can made various objects with various size and materials and yet there’s no DIY Paper printer until nowI have an epson eco tank. No more ink cartridges.
Ink jets are trash tho
Laser or nothing.
You’re probably right, but I’m just printing random documents on occasion.
Right but that’s all the more reason that ink jets are trash.
The ink heads dry out. The ink cartridges also dry out. So if you’re not using the printer a lot then those things tend to dry out forcing you to swap them, otherwise when you print there will be areas where the ink didn’t apply all the way. If you don’t have these problems you will eventually.
Lasers do not have this problem. You could print once every 5 years and each time the print will be perfect without any problems. You’ll only need to change the toner cartridge once it is completely used up. It won’t dry out on you making you prematurely replace it.
Ink jets are cheap but you get exactly what you pay for.
I don’t have cartridges and I’ve had no issue with the ink heads in the years I’ve had the printer.
As someone who’s worked on printer firmware before, it makes me really sad that a company can get away with making a consumer decide between getting access to any of the actually useful changes that engineers — who have no say over ink cartridge policy — put effort towards making the best product they could, or not having said ink cartridge policies forced on them.
I must buy a printer soon. Thank you for reminding me to avoid HP products.
brother laser printer
Are “brother” the nice guys at the moment?
relatively speaking
Laser printer and probably brother, it’s worth the extra up front cost 10 fold
For an old color Dell Laser printer I got from a thrift store years ago I can find 4 color sets of toner for it for $40-60
brother is currently enshittifying right now.
