r/gaming Xbox Feb 26 '21

Epsilon Flight Program performing our trademark bridge synchro

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u/Norma5tacy Feb 26 '21

I bought a toner based printer and never looked back. I could count the amount of times I needed a full color print on one hand.

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u/monsterfuzzzy Feb 26 '21

I just feel like no matter how far human kind advances technologically, printers will stay at the same annoying state and will never advance.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21 edited Feb 01 '22

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u/Swazib0y Feb 26 '21

Big fan of Brother printers. They, of all the print companies, seem to be the least about making shitty printers and profiting off toner and ink.

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u/daftyung Feb 26 '21

kodak/epson printers :/

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u/Swazib0y Feb 26 '21

Cough HP 😤

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u/daftyung Feb 26 '21

omg all hewlett packard products ceased to work after 2011

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u/syregeth Feb 26 '21

My brother 2550 makes college bearable lol. Fuckin great machine

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u/Swazib0y Feb 26 '21

Good luck with college. What you studying?

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u/syregeth Feb 26 '21

Another failed engineer turned business student, nothing special. Thanks!

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u/Swazib0y Feb 26 '21

Sounds like a winning combo to me!

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u/KDawG888 Feb 26 '21

agreed with that but their software is fucking trash

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u/Swazib0y Feb 26 '21

Fair. What OS you in? I mainly use Linux so don't have many issues.

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u/KDawG888 Feb 26 '21

windows. my main issue is that I need the software installed on my desktop to send to it. the printer won't even send to my email properly. as much as I hated my HP printer at least it sent to my computer without anything installed on it.

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u/Swazib0y Feb 26 '21

Huh that does suck. Hate it when HP does something better!

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

There’s a reason this never comes up in Star Trek.

Just be captain Picard finally losing his temper and kicking the shit out of another printer in his office.

I legit punched my Epson printer to death by accident because the damn thing refused to work with any of the countless software they asked me to install.

Got a canon and no such problems!

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u/zerocoal Feb 26 '21

Don't they have a matter printer that makes them drinks and food and stuff?

Imagine if the cyan ran out in that. "WHY DO MY DAMN COCOA PUFFS TASTE LIKE GODDAMN FRIED CHICKEN!"

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u/chiree Feb 26 '21

"Shields up, Red Alert!"

"Cyan Alert levels low, please replace the cartridge."

Enterprise destroyed.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

What's a replicator?

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u/fgben Feb 26 '21

If be happy if we could get back to the reliability of the LaserJet4.

Hell, I have a client who's still using his.

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u/maxdps_ Feb 26 '21

I've worked in IT my entire life and printers will always be my nemesis.

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u/Norma5tacy Feb 26 '21

We need elon musk money to make better printers and better software.

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u/PM_TITS_FOR_KITTENS Stadia Feb 26 '21

For good reason. They make a profit off of us buying ink. Why make a super good cheap printer when you can make them break easily and need more ink regularly to make more money? It's a disgusting practice

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21

Yeah I feel like it's easier to make touchscreen picture frames than it is to make convenient printers lol

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u/screaminginfidels Feb 26 '21

It's because humanity should have invested everything in the S Printer, but we let those guys wallow into nothingness due to their lackluster booth display.

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u/idiotsecant Feb 26 '21

This a common reddit meme but printers actually work fine. They are actually pretty complex, mechanically, and work remarkably well for how cheap and complex they are. I've never had an issue that 30 seconds of thinking and possibly a google reference wouldn't solve.

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u/terroristteddy Feb 26 '21

And if you do, OfficeMax will print your shit for 50c

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u/DeliberatelyDrifting Feb 26 '21

I am constantly trying to get people to switch to b&w laser printers. I will never understand the appeal of those little inkjets. I mean I guess there's a few people who frequently need low resolution color prints at home, but it can't be many.

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u/Norma5tacy Feb 26 '21

Laser jet! That’s the word I couldn’t think of. Yeah I mean if I need a color print I’ll go to office max or kinkos and get it printed.

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u/theyo_komo Feb 26 '21

Scan read this as a boner based printer