• @Naich@lemmings.world
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    25114 days ago

    Oh FFS. Not Brother as well. I used to recommend them to everyone. Who is left with unshittified printers?

        • ben
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          1614 days ago

          You can run a power clean cycle which should help, then just replace the foam pads they saturate with ink for the cleaning

          They’re not perfect but they’re still the most consumer friendly option on the market at this point

          • IndescribablySad@threads.net
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            After talking to support 15 times, they never suggested replacing anything, and power clean wasn’t enough. I’ve long since destroyed the thing out of malignant rage and turned to libraries and copy shops, but it’s good to know that there might have been a solution.

        • @nul9o9@lemmy.world
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          1014 days ago

          Yeah, that’s true. That was a pain in the ass when my wife needed good color accuracy.

        • @snek_boi@lemmy.ml
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          This. My partner’s office is stuck with “it has to be inkjet and not toner", and on January their printer got clogged…

          • @halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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            1014 days ago

            Inkjet is great, for photo printing regularly. For absolutely every other situation a laser printer is better.

        • The Pantser
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          414 days ago

          I don’t print that often but I do have a calendar event to tell me to print something monthly. This could be a nice side project for someone to write a program that sends a print to your printer on a schedule to keep the heads clear. Wastes paper but at least the heads won’t dry out.

        • Ulrich
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          314 days ago

          I have the 2850. Been using it for a couple years now. Print maybe once a month. Nozzles get clogged periodically but you run the automated cleaning process and it’s back to working again.

      • @Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org
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        113 days ago

        The printer has the same ink problems, clogged, runs out easy, can’t print b&w when missing a color. But I can buy random ink.

    • @Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works
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      1114 days ago

      I don’t know if it matters, but I just bought a Canon laser printer. Didn’t see anywhere about forced subscription options for toner.

    • Tippon
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      614 days ago

      I’ve got a Lexmark laser printer, and while there are cheaper subscription toners, you can pay the higher price for normal toner, and buy compatibles, for now at least.

    • @Pregnenolone@lemmy.world
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      314 days ago

      I don’t at all feel vindicated, but my Brother printer is the worst printer I ever owned (this was 20 years ago admittedly). Absolute hunk of junk with nothing but problems. I’ve always wondered why they were so well recommended online.

      • @Naich@lemmings.world
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        313 days ago

        Could have been a Friday afternoon one. The one I have is a workhorse that could print on bark using toner made of charcoal and dust.