@Jbasoo Nikay is editor in chief. He does seem like a really smart guy who gets nuance and has a real mission. The episode of his own podcast where someone else interviews him is fascinating.
@ross I have a large HP scanner/printer, but something broke, and now every time I want to print something, I have to re-enter the current date because the machine refuses to print anything if the date is not set. I usually set it to 01-01-2020 via the keypad. If I ever need a new printer, I’ll be sure to get a brother.
@ross
I’ve posted this before but what the hell:
I ran my business for 20 years with two Brother laser printers. No service calls. No failures. Very heavy daily printing requirements. Reasonable toner & drum costs. They were still operating the day I retired and retired them.
I'm using HP instant ink and it's a fine subscription. You set how many prints you want and pay for it. The ink shows up and the printer seems to work. If I didn't need color or a scanner/copier and wanted to spend more I could move to a laser printer.
Some people seem to be really riled by the fact that ink cartridges from the subscription don't work after you stop paying. That's how it works.
@ross Sysadmin here that does some printer support. I have a Brother at home and I trust it to work like no other brand or type of printer I've worked on. That is a remarkable achievement and resounding endorsement from this jaded burnt out tech professional.
Do yourself a kindness if you print at home and get a brother laser printer 🖨
@ross in 2024, I wouldn't give a printer wifi access even if it's not an HP one (unless it has open source code with no phoning home to corporate.) I know the article is actually about a different enshittification department but.
@ross I have a larger model with the scanner and feeder tray, DPC L2550DW, because it was the only #Brother#Printer I could find during the 'Rona times. It's a beast. There is a reason that nearly every car mechanic shop has a Brother printer still printing invoices while caked in dust, oil, grease, stacks car parts, and the occasional shop #Cat .
As others have pointed out, great #Linux support! #GoTeamBrother#ThisIsTheWay#tech
@ross I think our Brother HL-2140 might be turning 18 this year. It's seen our household through four degrees and a couple years' WFH. Raspberry Pi as its print server. If it ever dies I guess I'll find a duplex model.
@Theodrake@elilla@ross
From experience with my old DCP150C (inkjet), Linux drivers are binary-only and never got updated. So as long as your linux runs on x86 and has 32-bit support, you're fine. Raspberry pi? forget it.
Perhaps the "airprint" feature is better - I don't know.
I'm now a happy user of an Epson 2815 - also inkjet, but with tanks, not cartridges.
@TheLancashireman The epson ink tank ones have a really weird DRM racket on its waste ink sponges though. Like, you can refill the ink tanks just fine, but Epson charges you something like $50 for replacing the $1 waste ink sponge after a couple years and put some bullshit in their firmware to enforce that limit.
@ross Two requirements for me, color prints and duplex printing. This printer does neither. Single side printing requires more paper or printing alternate pages on two runs. That's not efficient, especially if you don't get page alignment right to keep page order. My HP 450 DN has been a workhorse for 10+ years no. My previous HP color, duplex printer still work but HP dropped driver to use it.
@ross That printer does duplex printing - I know as I have it. (brother makes several models, the article is about whatever is on sale, I waited until the week the model with duplex as on sale and thus the cheapest option).
You can get brother lasers with color as well, but they are never the cheapest thing on sale. For most people though they are better off sending their color printing needs to the nearest store and picking it up on the next errant.
@bluGill@ross for the information. I have an Epson R2400 printer for prints up to 11"x14". The HP 450 is good color printer for everyday use, but cartridges aren't cheap, around $450 for all four.
@ross They're on point. I bought one of those brother cheapies for less than 100€ recently, and it's working great. Apparently they have been churning out my exact model for at least ten years now. It doesn't have wifi, has no cloud integration, doesn't even have a display, but just works without a fuss, and does an adequate job.
@jaseg@ross I still have my 15 years old Kyocera FS-1300D. It has 6LED that clearly communicate its status, a chunky real power switch, it has no wifi (to be fair not even LAN, so it dangles on a lan to usb print server), I have forgotten when I last changed toner (that i all bought 15 years ago) and it is just there and prints when i need a print and nothing else.
"Don’t feel compelled to do it; my only ask is that you make this article go viral by sharing it in faux-outrage that the EIC of The Verge has published an article partially generated by AI"
@mijndert I have an HP Laserjet mono printer. Has lasted years. Utterly reliable. Maintenance free (other than occasional toner replacements). Definitely the way.
@ross@mijndertold HP printers were good. New ones are trash
(We're on our third "just buy this" Brother laser. We gave the other two to people who needed them, not that they failed. The fact they work with AirPrint so every device automatically sees them and can use them is magic.)
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