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gotta get a new printer (programming.dev)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Greentings As youve seen from the the title, i want to get a new printer as a present for my parents. Sadly they are still windows peasants and my mom somehow thinks that the HP printer on her desk has been a good financial investment, even though it has costed us more than 300 bucks in ink over the past 2 years.

I was hoping that you fine folks would have some good recommendations to replace this money leach on their home. Ive heard about the entire brother lazer meme going around, but the ones ive seen from them only do monochrome. And frankly speaking i dont think that my birth specimens can comprehend the greatness of 18 century film on their paper. Anyways have a nice day or night, internet strangers!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I use an Epson EcoTank, and I love it. The ink is incredibly cheap.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Had to get a new one recently too. I've had good experiences w/ Brother in the past too, but couldn't find one that quite fit the bill. Needed color and for it to be able to handle cardstock.

Ended up getting an Epson, one that's in the eco tank line. Has been great so far. Works just fine out of the box on Linux (LTS Ubuntu, anyway)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

And I meant to say, most helpful resource for me was the website rtings. Most review and best of lists I can find by searching are so spammy, it's hard to get any signal. But at least that one let's me filter a table of printers by features. I just don't know how many they're missing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I have an Epson eco-tank ET-2850

Running it on archlinux, over wifi.

It took a couple of hours to set it up by trying out different packages, but ultimately both printing and scanning work.

And I like the fact that it doesn't use cartridges, you can fill it up with some cheap chinese liter bottles of printer ink.

If you get a laser printer, put it in a well ventilated area. They emit particles that are considered harmfull with frequent exposure, but are probably completely harmless in a home setting with a properly ventilated room.

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