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The open-source, DRM-free Open Printer shows off a working prototype (www.techspot.com)
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[–] 5 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

Having been an IT guy for a very long time this is my recommendation to everyone. Buy a cheap laser printer for your home. Ink jet is garbage it will piss you off every time you want to print something, it's a trap. Go with whatever brand you want, but brother is the one I'd recommend most

In my home I have a brother color laser printer, it may have run over $300, I don't recall. But I don't recall because I think I bought it 15 years ago and it still works just fine every time I need to print. No regrets.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    If you're just printing documents and stuff, laser is fine, but they do look quite bad for art prints, which is the main use case these days for inkjet.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Ok, yeah I can believe that. And if you're using it for art printing, you may even be printing often enough that the feed lines don't dry up and clog.

    Personally, I like that with laser prints, if someone gets the paper wet, the toner doesn't immediately run all over the page like with ink.

    But again, less of an issue for art prints, as the results are more likely to be put in a frame than left out on a table where they can get splashed.

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