This is a crap article with crap reasons for not having a printer.

Also since you DO need a reliable printer, get a Brother inkjet. Works on Linux, allows 3rd party printer cartridges, seamless WiFi even for phones, just keeps on ticking.

#printing #printer #print

https://www.bgr.com/2135525/why-theres-simply-no-need-home-printer-anymore/

Why There's Simply No Need For Home Printers Anymore - BGR

Home printers were once an indispensable part of a home office. That's no longer true, thanks to the decline in fax usage and an increase in electronic options.

BGR

@scottwilson

I'd probably recommend a Brother *laser* specifically. The toner cartridges are fairly affordable and last forever. Heck, I'm still using the small toner cartridge that came with the unit when I bought it. But yeah, Brother printers are among the last tech devices that just plain work and don't try to rip you off.

@DaveMWilburn @scottwilson the dipshit that wrote this doesn't live with students or teachers. They can eat shit, lmao.

@da_667 @DaveMWilburn @scottwilson Hell, even living alone as a hermit I still need to interact with sheets of dead tree regularly enough that a (small laser) printer would be worth the shelf space. It's quite annoying to have to send something to someone else to get it printed and then go pick it up, especially if it's anything remotely sensitive. And an actual document scanner, not just a camera and perspective correction. The latter can easily look almost as bad as a shitty fax in my experience. (Though the scanner will likely be a separate 'stick' unit from the printer for space reasons; I live in a shoebox of an apartment...)

(And it would go hand in hand with the electric typewriter I use for filling out forms, because my handwriting is "clinically diagnosed as terrible" as well as making my hands go all weird if I write too much)

@DaveMWilburn @scottwilson ditto and seconded. Lower end, simplest, *wired* Brother laserjet ftmfw

@DaveMWilburn @scottwilson

+1 on laser. had my brother printer 4 years, just put in the 2nd laser cartridge about 4 months ago. stupidly boring. just works.

@DaveMWilburn @scottwilson *smacks roof* I've been using the same Brother laser printer _and_ toner cartridge since 2006. Coupled with a CUPS server, it's accessible from all of my devices and I still use it regularly.

@ethagnawl @DaveMWilburn @scottwilson that's awesome! I've recently replaced a 15 year old Samsung laser hooked up to a RPi with cups.

I probably could've keep the darn thing running for even longer, but it stayed at my parents' after I moved out. I fixed it a few times, but once it started acting up too often, I got them a Brother laser. No issues since then.

Someone took the old printer same day we put it out, hope it'll serve them for a few more years at least.

@DaveMWilburn @scottwilson ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™‚๏ธ another shoutout to the wife is a reached and old brother laser printer crew, picked up off marketplace for 20$ with extra 3rd party toner. Just donโ€™t hang out near it when itโ€™s warming up with an air quality sensor.

@DaveMWilburn @scottwilson

I second the motion.
They're flippin awesome ๐Ÿ’ช

@DaveMWilburn @scottwilson Got my first dual-sided color laser Brother and boy itโ€™s a treat. Seconded, it just works.