While I hate many things about printers, I'll give them credit for being better than they were. Installing printer drivers a few years back was a fucking nightmare. Now most of the time I can just find the printer on the network and send it. No special software, no "Have Disc" menu headache. Shit just works.

There's exceptions for stuff like plotters, but when a print job uses $40 of ink and paper I kinda want it to be a PITA so people don't decide to just print out every map revision for every meeting when a pdf on the big screen does the job just fine.

And scanning still sucks. A lot. Like - a crazy amount. Why is scanning to a USB drive still the most convenient way to get a file larger than the email limit to my computer?

It isn't porn.

Even the hint a printer could be fixes is a criminal offense. Reddit is being paid by the printer companies. I don't know.

To be a redditor means you must think at all times: "What if I offend an advertiser?"

You must train yourself, even when you're not on reddit.

New printers only come with a sample cartridge, not a full one.

Stop buying ink printers and just get a b & w laser. If you really need colour it's probably easier to just get a print shop to do it.