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Best printer 2024: a humorous critique of the Google search engine, LLMs and printer enshittification (www.theverge.com)
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[–] Ghostalmedia 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I use it a lot for construction. Printed job specs are much easier / faster to deal with than a computer on a job site. You can staple them to a wall, quickly draw on them, use them when your hands are filthy, have multiple large copies floating around, etc. Paper is usually just a better solution for that environment.

[–] Zak 4 points 7 months ago

That's an environment I hadn't really thought about. I concede the point.

[–] Ginger666 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Take a look at a Canon PIXMA TR150.

There are plenty of other brands that make this same style, this was just the first I found.

Now if only they had a small portable printer like that that did 11x17

Reading blueprints off 8x11 is damn near impossible unless you blow them up

[–] Ghostalmedia 1 points 7 months ago

That’s kind of cool. Unfortunately, it’s still ink jet tanks. I’d like a laser.