• BombOmOm@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Hey, I own that printer! It’s a good printer.

    Remember kids, always buy laser, never inkjet.

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      10 months ago

      Yup, I’ve had a previous model (HL-2170W) since like 2006. The nic is dying now, but the printer works fine.

      Brother printers are the only brand anyone should buy.

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      10 months ago

      I also have that printer. I have to read so many papers for school right now and that thing is a life saver. Is it weird to have feelings for a printer?

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      10 months ago

      Anyone have a recommendation for a small color laser printer? Like shoebox size.

      My place is pretty small, and I don’t have much desk or shelf space. It doesn’t make sense for me to waste desk space on something that I use 1-3 times a year.

      I’ve been using one of these tiny HPs. The ink is a fucking racket, and I’d love a laser alternative. This size is great. I can fold the trays and throw it in a drawer. It’s only 16 x 5.5 x 7in.

      Edit: Found one. It the HP LaserJet Pro M15w

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        10 months ago

        If you only need it 1-3 times/year, why not just go to your local library? In my area, it’s $0.10 for B&W, $0.25 for color, and I can get some books to read at the same time (I go almost weekly).

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          Convenience. I can’t print when the library is closed, I need to travel over there, if need to print another revision, I need to travel back.

          Ideally like the convenience, but I don’t want to deal with HPs shitty ink sponges that instantly dry out. I’d like something that lasts.

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        10 months ago

        I don’t think you’ll find a color laser printer that size. They use pretty large drums to hold the toner. It’d be hard to even find a mono laser printer in that size.

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          10 months ago

          They use comparatively tiny drums these days, but they inherently need four of them all in a row, one each for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. That usually makes even the smaller ones quite deep, front to back, in my experience.

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      10 months ago

      I’d agree with the exception of artists who sell their printed work (ex: photographers, graphic designers). They’re not only making money from their prints but also printing in color frequently enough that the cartridge doesn’t dry out.

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        10 months ago

        All the photographers I know have a deal with a local professional printing service. It’s not just the higher printing quality, the service can also do bound albums, hard covers and other stuff that’s impossible on a home printer.

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      10 months ago

      I don’t own a printer because it’s 2024 and the only good reason to own a printer is photo/art prints at a scale where outsourcing it isn’t economical.

      I’m aware other reasons exist, but they’re bad reasons that mostly boil down to someone being bad at computers.

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        10 months ago

        Nah, there are definitely cases where you need to print stuff on paper, and need said paper fast enough to warrant a printer. If I use my company credit card for expenses I need to account for that, and for legal reasons I need to send that to our accountant in printed form. I can’t legally mail it to him.

        Now I could obviously take 30 minutes and print it at the library, but those 30 minutes would add up fairly fast, making a printer the more accessible and economical option.

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          Now I could obviously take 30 minutes and print it at the library, but those 30 minutes would add up fairly fast, making a printer the more accessible and economical option.

          Privacy is also an issue. There might be reasons why you don’t want to have something printed out at the library/local print shop, like if it’s tax documents, and someone hitting “repeat job” could just have it spit out personal info.

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            Oh yeah that’s a fantastic point I’d failed to even consider. I don’t really care if my credit card bills end up cached somewhere at the library, like, what are they going to do with it? Pay it?

            If I on the other hand dealt with personal identifiable data, that could be hugely problematic. I can see the need for e.g. a lawyer having to print case files and assemble documents physically. In such a scenario, printing it at a library, or at a third party company might not be a great idea.

            If you for some reaosn also want your nudes (or I suppose, erotic artwork) in print, I can see how you might not want to have that done by a company. I don’t think I’d personally care, but maybe the person dealing with it at the company shouldn’t have to see that sort of thing.

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          10 months ago

          I need to send that to our accountant in printed form. I can’t legally mail it to him.

          This is exactly the sort of thing I meant by “someone being bad at computers”. That someone might be a government regulator in this case.

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            10 months ago

            Are you going to pay for all the systems and processes that need to change to get away from the paper trail?

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            10 months ago

            Ah, I see. It sounded more like “someone doesn’t know how to just mail something.”

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        10 months ago

        I use it a lot for construction. Printed job specs are much easier / faster to deal with than a computer on a job site. You can staple them to a wall, quickly draw on them, use them when your hands are filthy, have multiple large copies floating around, etc. Paper is usually just a better solution for that environment.

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        10 months ago

        the only good reason to own a printer is photo/art prints

        … how do you read your emails without a printer?