Note: I’ve no idea why the uploader decided to rotate the image, when I’ve tried rotating the original image in a way that’d fix it only to see that it didn’t matter

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    So glad I have never had to print anything off at home for over a half decade now. The family printer might not be getting much use anymore, but it sure beats subscribing to use the device you purchased.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve actually been printing more at home over the past couple of years than I ever had before. Both as a hobby and for my son’s school stuff. The trick is to buy those after market inks on ebay. I use the Canon PIXMA series and can get 5 packs of all 4 colors for ~$20.00us. I tried the refillable cartridges, but the effort and mess isn’t worth it.

      The only thing with the printers is the print heads seem to clog too easily. Need to make sure you’re using it regularly.

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        1 year ago

        We moved to a brother last (b/w) for that exact reason. Run about 8k pages through it I think and it hasn’t once complained to me

    • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk
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      Same I rarely print . Have a brother colour laser these days (they’re quite reasonably priced compared to a few years ago) and the toner isn’t going to go bad through non-use like an inkjet would

      Had an HP inlet a while back… the ink dried up and blocked the head. The HP official solution was the head was nonreplaceable and you had to buy a new printer. So I did, but never would I buy HP again.