Oh, this one stings.
this post was submitted on 04 Mar 2025
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It looks like the latest firmware on their website for my old-ass black & white brother laser was released in 2019.
Hopefully that thing lasts another few decades on top of the ~15 years I’ve already had it, because it sounds like it’s the last printer I’m going to buy.
Well, whatever that update was, I probably installed it (assuming it's the same here in Japan).
Use pen & paper – Do you really need a printer?
I had to laugh at this. At least in my use case, it's printing out forms and documents that various levels of government needs and I am absolutely not talented enough to reproduce them by hand (also, my handwriting is not fantastic).
I also need one. Our library will print documents for 5¢ per page. Once my Brother HL-2040 craps out, I guess I'll be going there.
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Epson Ecotanks. Liquid ink in, prints out. There's nothing to lock out.
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enshitification of technological things continues..
Not sure if I got the update yet, but I'm banning my printer from accessing the internet right now.
Have to keep things offline and outdated nowadays 🫤 to prevent things like this happening.
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Old printers on ebay are going to be the new game, until we start seeing kickstarter flooded with new printer companies.
I want to agree, but has there ever been a case of the free market saving itself?
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I've been saying that for a couple of years now. They started fucking with third party ink at least a year ago
I'm glad there's a printer service close to where I live, I can go there and print every page for cents. There's also one on my faculty, more expensive, but still affordable. I only use my HP printer/scanner to scan documents, ink is expensive as hell.