Post #2107887
2024-04-03 08:57 UTC
Replies (38)
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@sarajw@front-end.social 2024-04-03 09:05
@ross@fosstodon.org I can feel the dejection oozing out of just the title, never mind the rest
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@Jbasoo@mastodon.social 2024-04-03 09:14
@ross@fosstodon.org Not only an indictment of the printer industry but of LLMs too. You can tell the author has just had enough.
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@andrico@front-end.social 2024-04-03 09:20
@ross@fosstodon.org wow, I can't believe they used AI to write this. So much outrage
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@jaseg@chaos.social 2024-04-03 10:19
@ross@fosstodon.org 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.
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@xkummerer@chaos.social 2024-04-03 10:27
@ross@fosstodon.org "ink related hostage situation" <3
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@julik@ruby.social 2024-04-03 10:33
@ross@fosstodon.org Printers are the emblem of enshittification
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@sergedroz@infosec.exchange 2024-04-03 10:59
@ross@fosstodon.org yes indeed, it describes everything that's wrong with the difference economy
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@GlassHalfHopeful@universeodon.com 2024-04-03 11:03
@ross@fosstodon.org This article was a little bit of everything. It was honest, accurate, to the point, and funny. Most importantly, the author is right! We have been using a Brother all in one laser printer for nearly four years now and we've never been more pleased by a printer. Great experience and no issues with third party toner. P.S. While funny, the last thing I wanted to see was an all-sounding-the-same annoyingly valueless GPT response within the article. I'm grateful the author warned us not to pay attention to it.
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@nikdoof@mastodon.incognitus.net 2024-04-03 11:03
@ross@fosstodon.org I had one of the earlier models of this printer in my woodwork shop to print out orders. Even when absolutely caked in sawdust it still worked perfectly (with a slight burning smell). I use a HP Laserjet at home, but if this one ever dies my next will be a Brother HL. I love that this is a yearly thing now: https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-laser-wi-fi-its-fine
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@CharlesShould@mastodon.online 2024-04-03 11:20
@ross@fosstodon.org I own one and I confirm very reliable and #Linux compatible.
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@reinhilde@bv.umbrellix.org 2024-04-03 11:27
@ross@fosstodon.org you are a printer we are all printers
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@astrablaster@c.im 2024-04-03 11:39
@ross@fosstodon.org I switched from a BW Brother laser printer 2700DW to a color Brother inkjet printer T720DW two years ago and I don't regret it.
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@krans@mastodon.me.uk 2024-04-03 11:46
@ross@fosstodon.org I can confirm: I also have a 15-year-old Brother HL2140 that Just Works
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@_dunnster@toot.wales 2024-04-03 11:47
@ross@fosstodon.org I have a Brother HL-L3230CDW, and I commend this article. My printer just prints. Every time. No fuss, no questions, no alerts. It just prints and with excellent quality
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@ewen@photog.social 2024-04-03 11:55
@ross@fosstodon.org OMG that's literally the printer I bought last week. Small. Reliable. Dull. Everything a printer should be.
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@wsrphoto@sfba.social 2024-04-03 11:55
@ross@fosstodon.org 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.
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@bjb@fosstodon.org 2024-04-03 11:56
@ross@fosstodon.org I have a brother laser printer, it is everything the article says.
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@addisoncs@wandering.shop 2024-04-03 11:58
@ross@fosstodon.org Can confirm. Have had the same Briother laser printer for 12 years. Literally zero issues and toner lasts forever.
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@freediverx@mastodon.social 2024-04-03 12:00
@ross@fosstodon.org Hard to decide what’s more infuriating here, the sad state of printers or the obnoxious obsession with engagement, SEO, and “AI”.
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@msokolov@fosstodon.org 2024-04-03 12:04
@ross@fosstodon.org where is your fauxtrage though?!
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@squelch41@oldbytes.space 2024-04-03 12:13
@ross@fosstodon.org "Neither has fallen off the WiFi or insisted I sign up for an ink-related hostage situation" 😂😂
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@persimoirre@fosstodon.org 2024-04-03 12:19
@ross@fosstodon.org 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.
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@fazalmajid@social.vivaldi.net 2024-04-03 12:27
@ross@fosstodon.org Nilay Patel is a national treasure
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@JeffCodes@fosstodon.org 2024-04-03 12:29
@ross@fosstodon.org 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
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@terryb@babka.social 2024-04-03 12:33
@ross@fosstodon.org And it's true too. Our elderly mono laser Brother is USBd to our main PC (pre-wifi model). It's been a student's accommodation essay printer, my late sister's printer in a tiny bedsit/flat and has come back to us. And it just works.
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@patmadigan@c.im 2024-04-03 12:34
@ross@fosstodon.org I’ve had a Brother laser printer for several years, and I can confirm that it’s an absolute workhorse. When I finally used up the original toner cartridge, I bought 3rd party replacements and they were great (still on the first one actually, they last forever). There’s no need to buy Brother cartridges.
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@derrickb@mastodon.social 2024-04-03 12:39
@ross@fosstodon.org Love my brother printer. Recently started looking at what it would cost if I wanted to start doing my own photo prints at home instead of at Walmart and holy shit.
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@sexedforbiguys@queer.cool 2024-04-03 12:44
@ross@fosstodon.org Got a Brother at home, been using Brother for years. Best printers. They still rip you off on toner though.
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@cozymel@tech.lgbt 2024-04-03 12:51
@ross@fosstodon.org Nilay is so real for that
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@mgerdts@mastodon.social 2024-04-03 12:54
@ross@fosstodon.org my experience differs. I’ve had to buy toner for my brother laser printer from time to time. That’s because I bought it 9 years ago and it still works, even though I feed it the cheapest toner I can find on eBay or Amazon. Unlike all of the inkjets I bought before it, the printer works fine even if I go months without printing. Toner doesn’t dry out and plug the non-existent toner nozzles if you ignore it for too long.
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@WolvericCatkin@mastodonapp.uk 2024-04-03 13:03
@ross@fosstodon.org > Need a budget friendly option for occasional printing *The irony that the cost of inkjet printers is so low, because it's subsidised by the markup on ink, and it makes onboarding people easier...* 😹
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@mkgiles@mastodon.ie 2024-04-03 13:10
@ross@fosstodon.org This is the best article I've read in a while, just for the sheer level of done that bleeds through the copy
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@dpino@mastodon.social 2024-04-03 13:16
@ross@fosstodon.org Nilay Patel is the boss, he can even make a boring printer interesting.
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@sverx@mastodon.gamedev.place 2024-04-03 13:30
@ross@fosstodon.org best article of the year so far! 😂
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@asol@mastodon.social 2024-04-03 13:33
@ross@fosstodon.org I have no brother printer and I can confirm that I have no idea what’s the best printer either, waiting for brother printer to go on sale
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@DanielMReck@mas.to 2024-04-03 13:44
@ross@fosstodon.org I've been very happy with the Brother laser printer I bought in 2006 when I started graduate school. It's still kicking. Based on that experience, though, I recommended a different Brother printer to someone a few years ago. They had issues with it forcing early toner refills that it definitely didn't need yet. Old models used an optical sensor of some sort to check toner levels, and new ones just count pages and throw tantrums when you refuse to replace toner when it says so.
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@BallShapedMan@mastodon.social 2024-04-03 13:58
@ross@fosstodon.org agreed, rocking ours for several years and not one single problem with it!
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@nikodemus@kamu.social 2024-04-03 13:58
@ross@fosstodon.org This is 100% true. I bought ours in 2017. The initial free toner pack printed 566 pages, high capacity replacement 1899 pages, still on the next one.Total 3407 pages printed, 963 on the current toner pack. I do regularly consider getting a fancy inkjet for photography purposes, but eh. #brother #printer