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What’s the worst piece of technology you’ve ever owned? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Buy an industrial laserprinter. Anything consumer will fail you intentionally

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I grabbed an HP 3055 that my work was throwing out almost 10 years ago, along with two spare laser cartridges.

    We don't print much, but I'm still on the initial cartridge it came with.

    It also has been set up in an often dusty, sometimes smokey garage, and hasn't had an issue yet.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    3055 was good.

    1012 and ilk were also good, from the same era. I still have one of those running.

    My LJ4+ lasted 21 years, the first part in an office setting and the latter a retirement in my home (and about 12 house moves). For its 19th I got its RAM filled. Woo! But we decided "as a household" that we didn't need a reliable energy pig printer for a few pages a month. It made the lights flicker and the UPSes report a brownout. But it was a good printer.

    Now we have an m404n and it's everything today it needs to be.

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