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• essell@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Getting any printer to work is hard enough.

  Getting an old, worn unreliable one is not a solution that would work for everyone. I doubt there would be enough of these for everyone who hates their printer anyway.

  Also, printer nonsense has been going on so long, it’s probably impossible to totally avoid

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  • snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Most of the shenanigans are with ink printers, no?

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• MicrowavedTea@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Or just buy a printer that is not by HP?

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• infinitevalence@discuss.online ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Older printers often require more maintenance and old software. If people struggle to set the clock on their microwave how do you expect then to plug in and use an old printer with Windows XP drivers.

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mean, are we not all just running Windows XP anyways? What OTHER os would you be running??? Windows 11? Ew.

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  • snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • seathru@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      PCL is a “language” not a driver.

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    • WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If you wanted to use an old printer, why buy an HP one? Even buying a used one indirectly supports HP. If there’s a secondhand market for HP printers, then they’ll have more value when sold as new. New cars wouldn’t sell so well if their value, rather than only taking a big hit, literally went to zero as soon as you drove them off the lot.

      Simply having an HP printer, even a used one, also serves as an advertisement for them. Every time someone visits you and sees your printer, they’ll be reminded of the brand’s existence. Having and using one, even an old one, is a constant minor free advertising for HP.

      If you already have an old HP printer that’s working well for you, I wouldn’t recommend trashing it and buying a new one just for the reasons above. There’s environmental concerns to consider. But if you’re looking to buy a used printer, why buy an HP? There’s plenty of other good brands out there that don’t engage is such evil.

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• mesamunefire@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In many ways, open source started because of printers medium.com/…/the-story-of-open-source-so-far-bfcb…

  complaining (and doing something) is what started the whole thing.

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• StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because even if you have the skills needed to referb an old printer, there is no garentee that the drivers will function on a modern OS. Or in my case, in Linux. It’s a lot easier to just buy a new printer from another brand if you need a printer.

  Honestly though, most people don’t print enough anymore for buying a printer to make sense. Cheaper to just go to your local Kinko’s or whatever and have them print out the 3 or 4 pages per year. If that’s not an option, get a laser printer.

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• PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Generally, its because people don’t know its an option, or how to do so. Like, even knowing its a good idea, I have no idea where I’d start looking to buy one and I’m fairly informed around tech.

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• ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My work does it for free. I did get a thermal printer though. Those are awesome

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• GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because people don’t realize refurbished printers were a thing?

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