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I've got a Brother laser printer that's probably old enough to vote now. It's impressive that it's lasted this long, but the whole business model of printing is
by kmfrk 4y ago
I've got a Brother laser printer that's probably old enough to vote now. It's impressive that it's lasted this long, but the whole business model of printing is so rotten I still wonder how much I want it around when the toners have run completely dry. On top of the installation being a mess.
I've seen that companies like Brother make dedicated shipping label printers, and I guess that's what I realistically would use my printer for the most.
Brother's clearly doing horrible stuff, but printers also seem like a terrible business model when you ship products that live forever without maintenance beyond refilling the paper tray and toner.
If only the e-ink display technology weren't encumbered by so many patents, maybe that's what we'd be reading most things on now instead.
- julianlam 4y agoSame for me. I think I was introduced to Brother printers in 2006, and bought my first then. That HL-2140 is still kicking, although it doesn't do much nowadays (a digital office, as it turns out, needs paper hard copies quite infrequently!) A MFC I bought a couple years later is still going strong.