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gotta get a new printer (programming.dev)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Greentings As youve seen from the the title, i want to get a new printer as a present for my parents. Sadly they are still windows peasants and my mom somehow thinks that the HP printer on her desk has been a good financial investment, even though it has costed us more than 300 bucks in ink over the past 2 years.

I was hoping that you fine folks would have some good recommendations to replace this money leach on their home. Ive heard about the entire brother lazer meme going around, but the ones ive seen from them only do monochrome. And frankly speaking i dont think that my birth specimens can comprehend the greatness of 18 century film on their paper. Anyways have a nice day or night, internet strangers!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I don't know what they sell these days but I've had a couple of Samsung mono lasers that were cheap ($150ish) and lasted decades of infrequent use.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

samsung sold their printer business to hp in 2017.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Well that kills that idea then.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I bought a Samsung mono laser and printed approximately 400 pages on it before the fusor broke and would cost more than the entire printer did to replace.

I was past the 6-month warranty as well so I chucked it and bought a $10 Brother MFC-7860dw monoprinter from the thrift store that printed in the store.

It turned out that it would jam like the grateful Dead if it printed more than one page though.

Apparently that is a common issue with them and inside of the printer there is a small cork pad that gets twisted down and hits every time it picks up a new sheet of paper and the cork had gotten sticky somehow.

The fix for this incredibly complicated and delicate procedure is to open one side of the printer and take a piece of Scotch tape and cover over that tiny cork pad.

I did that 7 years ago and it still prints perfectly today.