• hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Good question.

    last time I saw a thread about good printers on Riddit someone said basically any 90s model resell, or LaserJets if it should be modern.

    In terms of open source / no DRM tho, no clue. Maybe they just don’t exist or you almost have to build them from scratch?

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      1 year ago

      Pretty much anything by Brother. They encourage self-service, have super cheap consumables, are very efficient, and have some of the best plug and play experience around.

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            1 year ago

            Oh yeah, my mom has been running a fax/inkjet printer from Brother for a good part of a decade. Ink is super cheap, and it works really well. Only downside is that printer isn’t networked.

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                1 year ago

                I ended up getting her a used network printer before those dongles existed. She’s just stubborn with what she will use. Honestly, I might just buy her a replacement laser printer and toss out all the old ones at some point. She finally admitted not needing a fax anymore a couple years back.