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[–] 50 points 1 year ago (14 children)

I can sterilize a used syringe found on the street for repeat use but recommend you just keep walking if you find an HP printer.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    A free printer saved from becoming waste is a free printer saved from becoming waste, I'm not leaving it behind. The poor printer has no fault that their creators are so evil.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    What printer brand do you recommend for use with Linux?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Usually everyone tells about how amazing Brother printers are in every HP thread. But yes, to answer your question: Brother Laser Printers.

    I have 3, there have been rumors that the newer models have moved to DRM for their toner cartridges. But I have yet to confirm this.

    Linux sees all the brother printers on my network and can print to all of them without issue.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    do brother printers play well with linux? I've had two b/w laserjets for the last 20 years. one at work, one at home. bought them both 20 years ago, they still work great. can still network (computer to wifi router to router to printer. the place i live was wired with cat 5 already when we moved in I WAS SO LUCKY) print on both of them too.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I’ve had good experiences with Brother printers and Linux.

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  • ooo, thank you for the input. part of my long-standing hesitancy to fully move the network over to linux is "do my fucking old minifridge sized printers work with the linux easier than with the microsoft" and I have already figured out all the kinks (heh) for my network for microsoft. so far.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    100% Brother. The driver support is phenomenal. I could easily set up a scan pipeline so that when I just press a button on the printer, it scans the document and sends it to my server. There in gets processed in a few ways before it's placed on my NAS. Very nerdy and very convenient. I love it.

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  • [–] 46 points 1 year ago

    The fact that this is necessary is infuriating

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    [–] 24 points 1 year ago

    One orphan escaped the orphan-crushing machine.

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  • [–] 82 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Not wholesome.

    HP should not be locking features of a printer. You should be able to just do a factory reset and have everything usable.

    !orphancrushing@lemmy.world

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    The fact that you need an account t just to get certain features is why I am still rocking an HP 4050DTN from the prior century.

    No subscriptions, no DRM, no artificial limitations on what I can do with it. It’s 100% mine to do with what I want.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    My HP laser all-in-one works better with PS than using the app. I was worried when I switched to Linux but it's way easier and usually never fails to print or scan

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • I've really gotten into crossword puzzles lately and the title so, so reminds me of a crossword clue. Love it.

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    I remember seeing this on reddit like 5 years ago.

    Does this mean my meme folder is fair game too?

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