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I've had similar experiences with HP. Buy a cartridge that is supposed to be HP, but it complains. Plus it says it's empty way before it makes sense. HP's soft
by lordnacho 5y ago
I've had similar experiences with HP. Buy a cartridge that is supposed to be HP, but it complains. Plus it says it's empty way before it makes sense.
HP's software is also incredibly slow. I think it asks a server for something when I open it, which is unnecessary.
Is there some brand you can buy where this doesn't happen? Happy to pay up.
- MandieD 5y agoLooks like several other HN readers have had the same lack of drama with Brother lasers that I have.
- adhesive_wombat 5y agoYep, my Brother colour laser runs perfectly on coloured sawdust or whatever the eBay cartridges contain. In fact, it works so well that I almost feel bad that I'm not rewarding Brother by throwing down over £250 on a set of 4 cartridges, but there are limits, when the off brand ones are £5 a throw.
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y agoI reward them sometimes by buying the original Brother TN-2320 (for ca. €60) - but this happens once a few years as I print something like 20 pages a month.
- peterhoeg 5y agoWe're on our second Brother laser printer (not MFP) at home over 12 years, but I only changed the first printer because we needed colour instead of b/w - first one was otherwise perfectly fine. Works swimmingly with Linux, mac and phones (both ios and android) without any special software. 3rd party cartridges just work. It. Just. Works.
- brodock 5y agoBrother printers are also a good "family printer" (the one you buy so you dont have to fix the printer every N months through the phone).
- jandrese 5y agoHP Toner Cartridges start to complain about low toner when they hit 75% capacity. We just keep printing for months and months ignoring the popups.