I disagree. Maybe I am old, but I feel like printers in 1995 were easy to use, reliable, and did not play games with rejecting cartridges or making me install some random unnecessary stuff. Printers made in like 2005 and later are an abomination with nothing to compare to from the past.
wpm · 2h ago
Modern IPP laser printers are about as dead simple and set and forget as a dumb lightbulb. Put paper, electricity, and a print job in, and you get printouts. No bullshit.
soraminazuki · 1h ago
I'm not so sure. The only printers with any sort of positive reviews these days are from Brother and even they are not above doing shady stuff.
IIRC there were some claims of Brother doing something shady recently, Brother claimed not to, and the source of the story did not reply or substantiate their claim. What did I miss?
soraminazuki · 27m ago
The trailing dot is part of the link, but HN doesn't recognize it as such. Here's the relevant quote:
> End users have reported that Brother has initiated various methods to limit or reduce functionality on many printers prior and during usage. This includes:
> - 3rd party consumable lockout on various printer models.
> - Reduction in print capacity via software, firmware and hardware.
> - Disabling of functionality via print counters, software and firmware.
> - Nagware screens or pop-ups indicating firmware or software should be updated.
> - Limited or obfuscated information regarding effects of software or firmware update implementation.
https://consumerrights.wiki/Brother_Industries_Ltd.
Note: The trailing dot is part of the link.
IIRC there were some claims of Brother doing something shady recently, Brother claimed not to, and the source of the story did not reply or substantiate their claim. What did I miss?
> End users have reported that Brother has initiated various methods to limit or reduce functionality on many printers prior and during usage. This includes:
> - 3rd party consumable lockout on various printer models.
> - Reduction in print capacity via software, firmware and hardware.
> - Disabling of functionality via print counters, software and firmware.
> - Nagware screens or pop-ups indicating firmware or software should be updated.
> - Limited or obfuscated information regarding effects of software or firmware update implementation.