▲ 315 ▼ We never agreed to only buy HP ink, say printer owners (www.theregister.com) submitted 2 years ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@midwest.social 52 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works -3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Fuck hp, fuck brother, and fuck all of them, they all do it permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) Do Brother printers prevent you from using non Brother branded cartridges? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] JWBananas@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Brother printers won't even let you print in black after you're out of yellow for three weeks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Its worth knowing brother has very recently taken on this stance as a company. They used to be the GO TO for good non shitty printers, but no longer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JWBananas@startrek.website 1 point 2 years ago Define recent? This one is almost a decade old. permalink fedilink source parent [–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago And they'll burn through yellow during "cleaning" to make it even worse permalink fedilink source parent [–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Worse, they make printing in black only without colors anywhere from impossible to infuriating, depending on how much you're willing to put up with. And yeah, you get one use of a non brother cartridge, then it's "empty" permanently. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Agreed. There's no such thing as a good printer anymore. Fuck them. On the bright side, printers sucking so badly has led me to take extreme measures to avoid having to print much of anything, and on the rare occasion we need something printed, I just go to the library and do it there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) And then you get to go to the library! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 years ago One of my favorite places to be tbh permalink fedilink source parent [–] Banzai51@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) If you really, I mean REALLY, want to hate printers, try being a Citrix admin. It's a bit better now but 20 years ago it was a pita. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 years ago Yeah, not sure why I qualified my statement with "anymore." Printers have always sucked donkey ass! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) Do Brother printers prevent you from using non Brother branded cartridges? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] JWBananas@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Brother printers won't even let you print in black after you're out of yellow for three weeks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Its worth knowing brother has very recently taken on this stance as a company. They used to be the GO TO for good non shitty printers, but no longer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JWBananas@startrek.website 1 point 2 years ago Define recent? This one is almost a decade old. permalink fedilink source parent [–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago And they'll burn through yellow during "cleaning" to make it even worse permalink fedilink source parent [–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Worse, they make printing in black only without colors anywhere from impossible to infuriating, depending on how much you're willing to put up with. And yeah, you get one use of a non brother cartridge, then it's "empty" permanently. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JWBananas@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Brother printers won't even let you print in black after you're out of yellow for three weeks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Its worth knowing brother has very recently taken on this stance as a company. They used to be the GO TO for good non shitty printers, but no longer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JWBananas@startrek.website 1 point 2 years ago Define recent? This one is almost a decade old. permalink fedilink source parent [–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago And they'll burn through yellow during "cleaning" to make it even worse permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yokonzo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Its worth knowing brother has very recently taken on this stance as a company. They used to be the GO TO for good non shitty printers, but no longer permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JWBananas@startrek.website 1 point 2 years ago Define recent? This one is almost a decade old. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JWBananas@startrek.website 1 point 2 years ago Define recent? This one is almost a decade old. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago And they'll burn through yellow during "cleaning" to make it even worse permalink fedilink source parent
[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Worse, they make printing in black only without colors anywhere from impossible to infuriating, depending on how much you're willing to put up with. And yeah, you get one use of a non brother cartridge, then it's "empty" permanently. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Agreed. There's no such thing as a good printer anymore. Fuck them. On the bright side, printers sucking so badly has led me to take extreme measures to avoid having to print much of anything, and on the rare occasion we need something printed, I just go to the library and do it there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) And then you get to go to the library! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 years ago One of my favorite places to be tbh permalink fedilink source parent [–] Banzai51@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) If you really, I mean REALLY, want to hate printers, try being a Citrix admin. It's a bit better now but 20 years ago it was a pita. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 years ago Yeah, not sure why I qualified my statement with "anymore." Printers have always sucked donkey ass! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) And then you get to go to the library! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 years ago One of my favorite places to be tbh permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 years ago One of my favorite places to be tbh permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) If you really, I mean REALLY, want to hate printers, try being a Citrix admin. It's a bit better now but 20 years ago it was a pita. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 years ago Yeah, not sure why I qualified my statement with "anymore." Printers have always sucked donkey ass! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 years ago Yeah, not sure why I qualified my statement with "anymore." Printers have always sucked donkey ass! permalink fedilink source parent