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Canon is getting away with printers that won’t scan sans ink — but HP might pay (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It is surprising they'd stop working after only occasional use. The rollers on my scanner are good for 30k scans.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You say "occasional use", I read "given time for dust to collect".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's this. All the printers at my office started screwing up in 2022 after barely any usage from 2020-2022.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Like WagesOf said below, the rollers wear out over time and use. So even if you don't use them they do eventually just wear out.