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Yeah, I tell everyone to just buy a brother laser and leave it at that. They may cost a little bit more up front and they don't do photos (who really prints photos at home anyway). But they just work.. Which is saying a LOT for printers.. God I hate printers.

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Yeah, I tell everyone to just buy a brother laser and leave it at that. They may cost a little bit more up front and they don't do photos (who really prints photos at home anyway). But they just work.. Which is saying a LOT for printers.. God I hate printers. Archive (HN): https://archive.today/Edd2N Archive (linked post): https://archive.today/VuS4V Source of post: https://retro.social/@ifixcoinops/111480744130939877 From the post: "Watching a mutual ask for printer recs and receive a chorus of tired tech folk going "Just get a Brother, they're fine" and man"

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Nothing reallly to innovate, it's just the industry is corrupt. They waste ink on purpose, force you to buy branded cartidges and embed device ID into the paper so the feds can track flyers. Some of them also force registration so they can further track and manipulate users. Always pay cash for a printer edit: print offline, preferably with an old dummy comp if you can