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    Completely untrue nowadays... (sh.itjust.works)
    submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    They work better in Linux than Windows, not to mention backwards compatibility.

    EDIT: I may be wrong about newest printer models, 2020 and above.

    EDIT2: Hardware problems are an entirely different issue.

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    [–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

    I would only think them to work better on Linux because the software you're using isn't made by the printer company. Their software sucks. The hardware sucks, too. They're made to be shit because a perfect printer isn't profitable.

    [–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

    Since I've moved in South East Asia, I have discovered that:

    • Almost every single printer that exists has a conversion kit available on Taobao to use big ink bottles
    • There's not a single firmware that hasn't been hacked, nor a single part that hasn't been cloned
    • Therefore, most printer manufacturers have a specific line of durable products that allows the use of third party ink because if they don't, other people will bank of their product maintenance and they won't sell much.

    The only reason we in developped country get scammed like we are, is because of IP laws and governments that allow manufacturers to abuse them with no consequences at the expense of the customers (and the planet).

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

    conversion kit available

    I would like to hear more about those conversion kits and what are they reused for.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

    Look up your printer model number on Alibaba. Or better yet, on Taobao (but if you don't speak Chinese it's a bit complicated). Your options depending on the printer you have are going to be :

    • Print heads conversion kits (a replacement of the complete print heads module with tubes feed from ink bottles attached outside your printer)
    • Refillable ink cartridges
    • ~~Counterfeited~~ Compatible ink cartridges that cost a fraction of the official ones while having 10 times more ink in them.

    Now depending on where you live and the local laws it may or may not be legal to import those. In the country I live in there is no law against it. In most South East Asia the law doesn't care about that and if it does, law enforcement doesn't. :)