My label maker sees FAR more use. I do have to bring a printed form to the post office to confirm my purchase of my new P.O. Box though. Oh, also to get my replacement passport. Other than that, I can’t remember the last time I used it for printing.
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Printers are scams.....the end
I have a cheapass printer that is probably listening to me. It has little ink (i barely used it and the black ink is at 50%) i use the scanner feature more often.
I have to use a printer for my work-from-home job. If you just buy a Brother laserjet printer and avoid other brands and inkjets, it's way more affordable. It costs more up front, but they're reliable and don't need to be replaced every year. My printer cost $250 and I've had it for at least five years at this point.
Norway is pretty much paperless I only use the printer to print colouring pages for the kids.
The hardest part about returns is driving to the local library to print out the return label for 25 cents.
Much less trouble than owning a printer!!
I have a canon pixma printer and the goddamn IT people can’t make it work with my new laptop. Fucking bullshit.
I have had a series of perpetually 10+ year old printers that have been handed down to me by Boomers. I print something maybe once a year, so I usually have to go through a half hour of printer cleaning to get the dried out ink to flow again. I really should just get rid of it and go to a photocopy place the next time I need a physical copy of something.
Edit: I just realized it would literally be easier and faster to burn something onto paper with my laser engraver. I think I just talked myself into quitting printers.
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I wish I could turn mine on. The power button is so flimsy that it broke, so now it functions as a foot stool.
Have you ever considered the fact that you can simply take it apart and repair the button?
Is this a trap question where whatever I say will be contradicted and berated? Because your tone feels a bit arrogant and condescending right from the get-go.
What the fuck? How do they return shit they don't want? Do young people just keep everything they order?
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Picked one for free two years ago, works perfect, I buy pirated cartridges for like, 30$ per entire set, evep prints high quality photos...
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Just picked one up for $10 at habitat for humanity restore. Works perfectly, scanner too! Still got em.
I’ve heard Xennial and even heard Xellennial, had not heard Xenninial yet. Impressed.
I recently bought a nice Epson tank printer and I love it. The ink is lasting so long too I print a ton and am not even halfway through the ink it came with. Nice prints too. Photos