HP wants you to print things through its cloud service, wherein you pay a subscription fee for ink and your usage is routed through its servers. To encourage you to do this, it covers the USB port …

  • Dark Arc@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Inkjet printers need to be used regularly, or go through several cleaning prints (which are features of HP printers). That’s not HP scamming you, that’s just how inkjet printers are…

    That said, IMO, most people are infrequent printers and would be better served by a laser printer. Toner doesn’t dry out. I have had a brother laser printer for 3-4 years now and haven’t had to change the toner once. Every time I need to print something, it fires right up, and prints it without a fuss.

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      1 year ago

      Yep. I finally got sick of paying the ridiculous prices for ink jet cartridges and bought a used color laser printer a few years ago. The only downside is that it doesn’t print photos as well. But the local pharmacy prints photos for a very reasonable price.

    • randint@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Yeah I eventually figured that out, hence the quotes. When my HP printer dies, I will replace it with a Brother printer.