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Man-in-the-Middle PCB Unlocks HP Ink Cartridges (hackaday.com)
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You might want to look at laser printers. If you're just doing black and white documents, whatever the latest Brother printer is will do a good job, do it fast, and not screech at you about your cyan running out.

It's a few hundred bucks up front, but the toner cartridges print a ton of pages and don't dry out if you don't use them. I can't recommend it enough if you have even a passing desire to make hard copies of documents.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This. I have a brother color laser printer I bought years ago. Literally before COVID happened, so I've had it about 6 years. I replaced the black stock toner, haven't replaced any others yet. Thing still prints like a champ even though it'll randomly forget Wi-Fi settings.... Lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I bought an HP* color laser before Covid too. It's starting to bitch about cyan, but holy hell I abused the shit out of it during my studies and it's still good as new.

*I know, but their enterprise grade stuff is actually decent.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

The only downside is up replaces the entire toner and drum cartridge. I prefer brother since they're separate. Drum is now expensive, but I doubt I'll ever use it enough to need a new drum lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Agreed, I have a (pre-HP) Samsung laser printer and it works whenever I need it to. Sure, it only works via USB and only has one button and an on/off switch, but it works when needed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

it only works via USB and only has one button and an on/off switch, but it works when needed

That's ideal; the less connected it is, the less chance I'll have to shoot it