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But if there were no lasers I would have probably been paying my monthly tithe to HP forever.

• olliej 7y ago
  Now there’s just the toner cartels, which also cost vastly more to buy than to make, and aren’t refillable, and also have DRM. HP, Brother, etc haven’t run out of ways to screw us yet :(
  • Moru 7y ago
    I usually buy brother because they didn't do that to me so far. But the last ones I bought are still working fine so haven't seen any new developement they did. Are they going the HP way now? When the toner light goes on I just open up, shake it carefully from side to side and stuff it back in. It happily prints another 200 pages before it complains again. HL-1430 is my latest one, it just refuses to die. But all brothers we bought for work is also running way past their expected lifetime. The HP:s on the other hand breaks down all the time.
    • eitland 7y ago
      I still stay away from Brother after having to support a bunch of really annoying Brother laser printers/faxes 15 years ago. Is Brother ok quality these days?