Doug WilsonI am a grown man.
College-educated.
Have been using technology for over 25 years.
And my printer still only works about 55% of the time.
Thomas Phinney@onpaperwings Whoa. What make and model?
Also: yes, I hear you. I mean, my dad was one of the co-inventors of wifi for cryin’ out loud, but I have tech problems like everybody else.
(Maybe not the *exact* same problems, but equally absurd in their ways. Sigh.)
@tphinney It's the stupid, basic Brother B&W printer that every website says "Just buy this one" 😡
Scott Kellum@onpaperwings @tphinney I GOT THAT ONE AS WELL! I feel like I should have just trolled Craigslist for one of those generic postscript HP Laserjet printers instead. That thing was a workhorse printing out endless proofs when I worked at Darden Studio.
@scott @tphinney Unlike you folks, I don't need to do high-quality proofing, but I still print a lot of things (and tons of old books and papers) for my Linotype research.
Genuinely never know if it will actually print when I hit "Print" and my wife now refuses to try and just sends me PDFs to print out 🫠
@onpaperwings @tphinney I don’t do high-quality printing anymore, but I still appreciate a printer that works.
@scott @onpaperwings Doug’s suppositions are correct. I wanted duplexing, color, and tabloid size (up to 12″×18″) so I ended up going with an HP Color LaserJet CP5225DN in December 2023. I have been very happy with its reliability, and with the consumables pricing. But yes, I paid big up front.
Like you both, I previously had a Brother printer (purchased in 2017) and hated it. I had a color one, but still. Ick. Brother HLL8360CDW. I think I gave it away for free to a neighbor who didn’t have a printer, because I didn’t feel comfortable charging any money for it!