• Naich@lemmings.world
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    1 month ago

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

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          1 month 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

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            1 month ago

            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.

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

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          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.

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        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.

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      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.

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        30 days ago

        we bought laser canon printer to, toner cartridge doesnt use color, so if you want color you would need an ink printer, its better to print a library or a printer shop anyways. we are using an MF class one?

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      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.

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        30 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.

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      30 days ago

      use a laser printer? preferabally the ones that doesnt use updates or any newer versions.

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      29 days ago

      Kyocera.

      Also Japanese, and plenty of cheap generic toners available online. They even publish Linux drivers.