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[–] slumlordthanatos@lemmy.world 180 points 1 year ago (4 children)

HP tech here. Stay FAR away from any of their consumer-grade devices. They're cheap, poorly built, and difficult for even HP techs to work on. Save your money and get something with better build quality.

Their business-class devices are okay, because most of those actually have decent build quality and are easily repaired. But stay away from their cheap devices, especially their printers (obviously).

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 year ago

We are also an HP/HPE shop.
Like you said. Not the cheap shit. And definitely not the cheap printer shit!
ProDesk or EliteDesk (maybe even used?)

[–] FishersDonut@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Thanks for this, good to know. I’ve had nothing but problems with my HP and had many a day of wanting to schwing it out the window.

Any particular brand out there that’s still known for decent build quality? I feel wary of them all now.

[–] rmtworks@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’ve had a Brother laser printer for years now, never given me any issues.

[–] alternativeninja@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 1 year ago

Funny. I was about to mention my brother laser toner printer. Have two. They are black and white but tanks

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

My Brother "network" laser printer is so old, it has no WiFi or Bluetooth, just an ethernet jack and a USB 1.0 port. Seriously. 1.0. It's that old. I've only had to change the toner cartridge one time because I don't print a ton, but it's a workhorse.

[–] Rossel@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Brother printers are still very decent and most importantly, not DRM ridden.

[–] danielton@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love mine... third party toner is dirt cheap and the wireless printing actually works without a cloud service! Just make sure you update the firmware because some models ship with a bug where it won't print after it's been idle for a while.

[–] Stoney_Logica1@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Ah, I've been having this issue with mine. I'll get it updated.

[–] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would you say they're...A bro?

[–] KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

They’re not heavy.

[–] ChapolinColoradoNZ@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Get an older version of the HP printers if you like that brand. I've had Officejets 6900 and 7500 and 8500 series. Cartridges still widely available and the printers accept mortification for external tanks. I only have the 7500 now in the wide format and it's still going strong. Easy to maintain too. I do have a laser printer as well which I only use for b/w printing. Have had experience with fixing other brands in the past and by far the Brother is the most user friendly I guess. Epsons are okay and easy to find parts for.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I saw some Epson or Canon printers with ink tanks.
If I buy any printer for a >30-40% humidity environment it will be one of those.
If it's mostly dry it will be a toner/laser based.

[–] time_lord@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a canon with an ink tank. I love it, but it's only about 4 months old. I'll actually curious how I feel about it in a decade from now.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Assuming the ink won't dry out and the driver will not dematerialize or break something I think very good.
I read somewhere that you should not mix inks so I wish you good luck with the vendor of your ink.

[–] Agentseed@artemis.camp 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

from what I've heard brother makes pretty solid laser printers

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Except their printers are good awful to get hold of without the connect X here and there stuff.
Give my my god damn driver without all the other shit to connect via USB to my god damn scanner!

[–] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have two oki mc363's (office and home).

Cost about $600, 6 years ago. Weighs about 30kg, must have a cast iron chassis or something.

Rock solid, great printer scanner in every way. Wouldn't change a thing.

[–] bufordt@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My parents have an okidata microline 82 that still prints. One of the dots hits a little light these days.

They also have a 1994 HP LaserJet 4 plus that is still chugging along. Back from when HP made decent printers.

[–] Nioxic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago
[–] space@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago

The Omen laptops are pretty good as well. Even the fan blades are made of aluminum. But I would avoid their desktop PCs because they use proprietary components.

Like any other company, some products they make are junk but others are decent.