▲ 319 ▼ Bought a laser printer (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by Poayjay@lemmy.world to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world 60 comments fedilink hide all child comments It feels surreal just printing stuff without guilt or drama. 10/10 highly recommend.
[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) I bought an ink tank brother, you just put ink in the tank, no DRM possible baby permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Meron35@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Brother has enshittified and their inkvestment "ink tanks" aren't actually ink tanks at all, just ink cartridges with DRM chips. You cannot refill them with generic ink. Actual ink tanks are Canon MegaTank, Epson EcoTanks, and HP Smart Tank, which explicitly allow you to refill with generic ink. Ink Tank printers do however require maintenance/replacement of a waste pad (basically a sponge). Of the three, Canon's Megatanks don't have a waste pad at all and just randomly dump ink so you have to throw the printer out, Epson offers a replacement with a DRM chip (although cheap), and in a rare HP win the waste pads for their Smart Tanks are user serviceable (albeit somewhat labour intensive). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Brother has enshittified and their inkvestment "ink tanks" aren't actually ink tanks at all, just ink cartridges with DRM chips. You cannot refill them with generic ink. Actual ink tanks are Canon MegaTank, Epson EcoTanks, and HP Smart Tank, which explicitly allow you to refill with generic ink. Ink Tank printers do however require maintenance/replacement of a waste pad (basically a sponge). Of the three, Canon's Megatanks don't have a waste pad at all and just randomly dump ink so you have to throw the printer out, Epson offers a replacement with a DRM chip (although cheap), and in a rare HP win the waste pads for their Smart Tanks are user serviceable (albeit somewhat labour intensive). permalink fedilink source parent
