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There's no coming back from that (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Shou@lemmy.world 28 points 7 months ago (3 children)

How dare you. My brother laser printer is fantastic. I'm not even sure if it uses ink.

[–] hedidwot@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nope... Uses toner instead, and is typically much longer lasting than ink, doesn't clog like ink, cheaper per page than ink.

Doesn't do as good at extreme quality photographs as ink but does everything else better than ink.

[–] Shou@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

An acceptable flaw for what it offers instead.

[–] ToyDork@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Indeed. Personally, I've gone completely paperless just to avoid printers entirely. I can't afford a printer at all when most are temporary at best, and Brother is outside of my price range when I never need physical papers in the first place.

My dad has a Brother printer though, so can confirm they're somewhat better. Unfortunately, my dad owns a years-old iMac, so he has to not have the most recent available OS version or there won't be any working drivers; Macs have apparently become infamous for not supporting printers after even the most necessary of system updates, so his computer remains a huge security risk just so his printer works.

[–] Cosmos7349@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I didn’t have to scroll very far to find the comment I was looking for

[–] Shou@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Good. The brother laser printer faith is being preached most effectively.

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh it does use it, but that's on me printing several hundred pages two months ago. With normal usage, I'm sure it lasts years.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We finally replaced the toner in ours after... 8 years? And it was still printing fine, I just couldn't bypass the warning anymore (started complaining at 1500, finally replaced at ~2400)

It got us through:

wife's immigration paperwork
my contracting work (lots of contracts)
lots of handouts for various community stuff
COVID at-home school assignments
drawing pages for the kids

And so on. The new one should last 8k more pages, so I think I'm set pretty much forever.

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For your replacement, did you buy an original brother toner?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Yup. I'm willing to spend like $80-100 for something that should last the rest of my life. I've heard failure rates in after market toner cartridges are high, and I just don't want to take the risk.

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Sounds good. I assume I'll need a replacement this year and I looked at the aftermarket and what people are saying, but I'd prefer the safer option, too.