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by jwr 1116 days ago
It's incredible how HP is destroying its brand. At this point I will never buy an HP printer again, not just because of the terrible practices, but (mostly) because of uncertainty: I definitely do not need printer drama in my life.
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nunodonato 1116 days ago
Same. Best thing I did was switch to a laser Brother. Fuck HP really
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tjohns 1116 days ago
Just stick with laser printers and you're fine, even with HP.

The problems all seem to be on the inkjet side. Aside from needing to print photos... laser printers are cheaper, more reliable, have higher quality output, and don't need special drivers. (And for the special case of photos, dedicated 4x6 dye sublimation printers are better than inkjet anyway.)

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Brian_K_White 1115 days ago
My color hp laser has chips on the toner carts and refuses to use refilled generic toner.

I had to actually transfer the chips from hp toner to the generic ones. And now it still complains that they're "empty" but at least it's possible to print.

My Samsung color laser before that did the same.

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tjohns 1115 days ago
Out of curiosity, which model do you have? I have a current generation HP M454 Color LaserJet, and there's an option in the menu ("Cartridge Policy") to allow use of third-party toner cartridges.

According to the manual, it defaults to allowing third-party cartridges - you have to go out of your way to turn the authenticity check on.

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Brian_K_White 1115 days ago
mfp m281fdw

There is a nice option on a settings screen labelled "protect cartridges" which has a nice looking "off" setting, which does nothing in reality.

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jwr 1115 days ago
That's what I have been doing for years — but using Brother. Most boring printers ever. They just sit there and print when you need them to. From a Mac, from an iPhone, doesn't matter, they just do the job. No drama.
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cryptos 1116 days ago
Laser printers are not necessarily cheaper. Business class ink printers have a lower cost/page in many cases.
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Nextgrid 1116 days ago
The second hand market has enough printers that I would just buy whatever second hand laser you can get - the savings from it being used would offset whatever cost-per-page difference there is anyway.
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RobotToaster 1116 days ago
It's sad really, my old 4000 series laserjet was a tank.
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