Occasional printing, and supply problems
I occasionally need to print things. Like "every 6 months or so". I had an old Samsung CLP-315 that worked very well, but it's dead, and nothing I have tried (Doze10, OS X, removing and reseating all user-servicable parts) has been able to get it to work again. So: What do you all do for occasional printing? Inkjets dry up when not used often, so I disregarded inkjets. I looked at B&W laser printers on Amazon and Tiger Direct. The Brother HL-L2300D is listed on openprinting.org as "working perfectly"[0], but for the last week, it's been "temporarily out of stock". Other models of Brother, Lexmark, and Canon printers that are listed on Amazon and Tiger Direct are A) "temporarily out of stock" if they are listed on openprinting.org B) not listed at all on openprinting.org and therefore probably paperweights. Ordinarily in this situation, I'd print the 15-20 pages I need to print at the office. The office is not really an option; I have no idea when it'll be open again. Thoughts? Suggestions? Howls of pain? [0] Binary-only i386 printer filter required, but this is not a huge problem for me. -- Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress There is no Darkness in Eternity But only Light too dim for us to see. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Occasional printing, and supply problems
Printer ownership is a lot like boat ownership. Over the period of a year, it's usually cheaper just to rent a boat for the days you're actually going to use it. For odd print jobs, you can always print to OfficeMax/CopyMax and go pick it up later. *Daniel P. Stasinski* dan...@genericinbox.com I 💛✞ On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 2:15 PM Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I occasionally need to print things. Like "every 6 months or so". I > had an old Samsung CLP-315 that worked very well, but it's dead, and > nothing I have tried (Doze10, OS X, removing and reseating all > user-servicable parts) has been able to get it to work again. > > So: What do you all do for occasional printing? Inkjets dry up when > not used often, so I disregarded inkjets. I looked at B&W laser > printers on Amazon and Tiger Direct. The Brother HL-L2300D is listed on > openprinting.org as "working perfectly"[0], but for the last week, it's > been "temporarily out of stock". Other models of Brother, Lexmark, and > Canon printers that are listed on Amazon and Tiger Direct are A) > "temporarily out of stock" if they are listed on openprinting.org B) not > listed at all on openprinting.org and therefore probably paperweights. > > Ordinarily in this situation, I'd print the 15-20 pages I need to print > at the office. The office is not really an option; I have no idea when > it'll be open again. Thoughts? Suggestions? Howls of pain? > > [0] Binary-only i386 printer filter required, but this is not a huge > problem for me. > > -- > Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress > There is no Darkness in Eternity > But only Light too dim for us to see. > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Occasional printing, and supply problems
Yeah, I just use this: https://www.fedex.com/en-us/printing/printandgo.html On Sunday, February 7, 2021, 2:31:47 PM MST, Daniel Stasinski via PLUG-discuss wrote: Printer ownership is a lot like boat ownership. Over the period of a year, it's usually cheaper just to rent a boat for the days you're actually going to use it. For odd print jobs, you can always print to OfficeMax/CopyMax and go pick it up later. Daniel P. Stasinski dan...@genericinbox.com I 💛✞ On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 2:15 PM Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss wrote: > I occasionally need to print things. Like "every 6 months or so". I > had an old Samsung CLP-315 that worked very well, but it's dead, and > nothing I have tried (Doze10, OS X, removing and reseating all > user-servicable parts) has been able to get it to work again. > > So: What do you all do for occasional printing? Inkjets dry up when > not used often, so I disregarded inkjets. I looked at B&W laser > printers on Amazon and Tiger Direct. The Brother HL-L2300D is listed on > openprinting.org as "working perfectly"[0], but for the last week, it's > been "temporarily out of stock". Other models of Brother, Lexmark, and > Canon printers that are listed on Amazon and Tiger Direct are A) > "temporarily out of stock" if they are listed on openprinting.org B) not > listed at all on openprinting.org and therefore probably paperweights. > > Ordinarily in this situation, I'd print the 15-20 pages I need to print > at the office. The office is not really an option; I have no idea when > it'll be open again. Thoughts? Suggestions? Howls of pain? > > [0] Binary-only i386 printer filter required, but this is not a huge > problem for me. > > -- > Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress > There is no Darkness in Eternity > But only Light too dim for us to see. > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Occasional printing, and supply problems
Printers are the worst scam - printer companies just try to come up with a new trap every year to outrace (planned) obsolescence, generally screwing you over in some way. Over the 20+ years of intermittently owning a printer, when I have to print something once or twice a year, it seems the printer dies before the 3rd print. The ink dies, the machine dies, or somewhere in between. You can buy a cheap printer for 30 dollars, but it'll cost you 60 dollars in ink, if the whole thing even lasts more than a year or two. You can buy a nice laser printer, but it'll generally mechanically fail before you ever even use your toner. It's a race to the bottom at this point with nothing but chinese garbage being sold. I agree with the rest - if I really need something printed, I'll go to a print store for the once or twice a year I need to have it printed, and say fsck printers and the garbage companies that make them. -mb On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 2:15 PM Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I occasionally need to print things. Like "every 6 months or so". I > had an old Samsung CLP-315 that worked very well, but it's dead, and > nothing I have tried (Doze10, OS X, removing and reseating all > user-servicable parts) has been able to get it to work again. > > So: What do you all do for occasional printing? Inkjets dry up when > not used often, so I disregarded inkjets. I looked at B&W laser > printers on Amazon and Tiger Direct. The Brother HL-L2300D is listed on > openprinting.org as "working perfectly"[0], but for the last week, it's > been "temporarily out of stock". Other models of Brother, Lexmark, and > Canon printers that are listed on Amazon and Tiger Direct are A) > "temporarily out of stock" if they are listed on openprinting.org B) not > listed at all on openprinting.org and therefore probably paperweights. > > Ordinarily in this situation, I'd print the 15-20 pages I need to print > at the office. The office is not really an option; I have no idea when > it'll be open again. Thoughts? Suggestions? Howls of pain? > > [0] Binary-only i386 printer filter required, but this is not a huge > problem for me. > > -- > Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress > There is no Darkness in Eternity > But only Light too dim for us to see. > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
