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HP is in the rent-a-printer business now (www.theverge.com)
submitted 9 months ago by SVcross to c/technology
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Friends don't let their friends buy HP.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago (3 children)

And it's still more expensive than a brother printer after a year and a half, and one of those will last decades.

[โ€“] just_another_person 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Brother FTW ๐Ÿ

[โ€“] gilokee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Canon tho!

[โ€“] just_another_person 4 points 9 months ago

Canon is better than HP for sure, but not as reliable, compatible, or unobtrusive as Brother. I bought a higher-end Canon photo printer that just would not work well outside of Windows, and my main drivers are Linux and Android. Brother has never failed me there.

[โ€“] wreckedcarzz 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm 2.5y into testing that claim, with a MFC-J6930DW. So far, no issues at all.

[โ€“] ikidd 5 points 9 months ago

I've deployed half a dozen in the last dozen years. All still going.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I have a brother color laser, only had to change toner. My mom has a brother laser, haven't changed toner. These things run like trucks.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I spent way longer than I ever hoped to primarily selling printers. This is the answer. I'd wager a solid 80% of people would be better off buying a cheap brother laser and just going to walgreens/office depot/where ever the 2 times a year they need to print in color