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[–] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I've got 2 brother printers, never had a problem. I've used Epson, HP and both were an absolute shitshow to setup

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[–] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I got an HP because it was remote accessible, and had a scanner with a feed tray as well. It prints maybe 10 pages on a new cartridge. Costs 30 bucks for a new one. 3 dollars a page to print.

Bought a brother LaserPrinter that only prints B&W but at like 2000 pages. HP just does scanning now, nothing else

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[–] kalpol@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (9 children)

There's a menu setting to turn that off

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[–] espentan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It would be fun if there was a menu setting called "turn shitshow off".

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[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yea, but nah. Went through all that no luck.

Resetting the gear toggle fixed it, though.

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (6 children)

I did it, but eventually it didn't. So I gave in and replaced the toner.

I got nearly 3k prints from the starter cartridge, so not bad. My replacement should get like 25k. Given that I had the original for ~8 years, I don't think I'll ever need a B&W printer ever again.

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[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Same here. You need to reset the gear under the toner end cover.

Pop the end cover via two or three screws, then rotate the white gear back to 12 o'clock

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

Ah. I'll try to remember that when my toner goes out again in like 10 years.

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[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Try it on the old toner if you can fish it out of the trash

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Already sent it in to be recycled. Thanks though. :(

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[–] kalpol@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Ah ok mine is newer. I just run the cartridges dry after turning that option off.

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago

Probably. I had to enter a special code, which overrode the block on printing, and that worked for a few hundred prints. But then I couldn't override it anymore.