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> I don't think a single one ever required any serious repairs beyond replacing consumables I think your experience has been an outlier. I've had several print
by znhll 2mo ago
> I don't think a single one ever required any serious repairs beyond replacing consumables
I think your experience has been an outlier. I've had several printers from different brands also, and have had some that last a long time, and still print with decent quality even with off-brand ink/toner. However, quite a lot have also failed due to bad capacitors, bad power modules, or the printer or it's firmware just refused to work/print for whatever reason and the manufacturer response was: "buy a new one." There's definitely planned obsolescence built into these machines, and that's why people dislike them, aside from the fact they can be a pain to configure. That's in addition to the ink DRM and other shitty cartel like bs from printer manufacturers.
- abustamam 2mo agoI owned a Brother inkjet for some time. I'd print maybe a few times a year. But it seemed like every time I needed to print, the printer was out of ink. Granted I used an ink service (ie not official brother ink) but still where the heck was the ink going? I've since switched to a Brother LaserJet and I'm still on the starter toner after a couple of years.
- Gigachad 2mo agoAn inkjet printer has to be used at least monthly if not more often. If you left it plugged in, the printer was likely squirting ink in to a waste tank to prevent the nozzles from drying out and ruining the printer. Laser toner can sit unused without drying out (it's dry powder already).
- abustamam 2mo agoOh that's interesting. Yes that is exactly what it did! Didn't think that'd use so much ink though!
- iamjackg 2mo agoI realized just a couple weeks ago that I've had my Brother laser printer for 10 years, and I've only changed the toner once -- so long ago that I don't remember when that was.