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Most people are not technically informed. Most people are the parents of students going to school, teachers, trades people opening a store… they walk into Best

Most people are not technically informed. Most people are the parents of students going to school, teachers, trades people opening a store… they walk into BestBuy and they recognize the brand HP. HP has massive marketing budgets and gets to package and discount their printers. Most people think they’re getting an amazing printer at a great deal.

mrweasel 2y ago
But why would you ever buy a second one? I can see people buying an HP printer because it's a good deal, on the surface, but when it's clearly not, then why replace it with a new HP?
- op00to 2y ago
  My HP LaserJet MFP was a very good deal. It just works. Toner is expensive, but for residential use it lasts seemingly forever.
  - ryao 2y ago
    This site might be helpful to you: https://www.aaatoner.com/ https://www.aaatoner.com/ I plan to use them when my printers run out of toner, although I use them so infrequently these days that I suspect I might never need to replace the toner cartridges.
    - op00to 2y ago
      I have had bad experience with cheap toner replacements. I will never get covered with toner again because the cheap toner cartridge blew up.
- ryao 2y ago
  When my first HP printer died after a few years, I had assumed it was bad luck since a relative with an identical model had no problems with his and he thought mine dying was somehow my fault. It continued to be used by him for something like 15 years. Seeing his printer continue to work, I brought another HP printer thinking it was just bad luck. Then that one died a few years later. My relative’s printer kept going, so I assumed it was bad luck and I brought a third HP printer that was an AIO model. During this time, I noticed that the ink costs were ridiculous, so I brought a Samsung laser printer and stopped printing with the HP printer, only using it for scanning. 19 years later, it is still around. The ink cartridges no longer work, but it is used as an occasional scanner. Since having to use xsane to make copies for my father was annoying, I brought an AIO canon color laser printer a year or two ago. Now I have three printers, and they all work, except for the HP, which is not given the new ink cartridges that it needs. That said, I now realize that the secret to HP printer longevity is to not use it as a printer. That is how my relative’s printer lasted so long, as he likely printed infrequently. His was a print only model, so he did not even use it as a scanner like I do with mine.
- mrguyorama 2y ago
  My HP deskjet 2400 was $30 brand new in the mid 2000s, the ink cost $20, is still sold, and the printer still works perfectly, including being able to install the old drivers on modern computers, without all the bullshit add-on software that they usually want you to install. The main problem is that I have to buy a new ink cartridge basically every time I want to print, because I print so rarely.
layer8 2y ago
> HP has massive marketing budgets and gets to package and discount their printers. No wonder they need to get the money back from ink.

mrweasel 2y ago

But why would you ever buy a second one? I can see people buying an HP printer because it's a good deal, on the surface, but when it's clearly not, then why replace it with a new HP?

op00to 2y ago
My HP LaserJet MFP was a very good deal. It just works. Toner is expensive, but for residential use it lasts seemingly forever.
- ryao 2y ago
  This site might be helpful to you: https://www.aaatoner.com/ https://www.aaatoner.com/ I plan to use them when my printers run out of toner, although I use them so infrequently these days that I suspect I might never need to replace the toner cartridges.
  - op00to 2y ago
    I have had bad experience with cheap toner replacements. I will never get covered with toner again because the cheap toner cartridge blew up.
ryao 2y ago
When my first HP printer died after a few years, I had assumed it was bad luck since a relative with an identical model had no problems with his and he thought mine dying was somehow my fault. It continued to be used by him for something like 15 years. Seeing his printer continue to work, I brought another HP printer thinking it was just bad luck. Then that one died a few years later. My relative’s printer kept going, so I assumed it was bad luck and I brought a third HP printer that was an AIO model. During this time, I noticed that the ink costs were ridiculous, so I brought a Samsung laser printer and stopped printing with the HP printer, only using it for scanning. 19 years later, it is still around. The ink cartridges no longer work, but it is used as an occasional scanner. Since having to use xsane to make copies for my father was annoying, I brought an AIO canon color laser printer a year or two ago. Now I have three printers, and they all work, except for the HP, which is not given the new ink cartridges that it needs. That said, I now realize that the secret to HP printer longevity is to not use it as a printer. That is how my relative’s printer lasted so long, as he likely printed infrequently. His was a print only model, so he did not even use it as a scanner like I do with mine.
mrguyorama 2y ago
My HP deskjet 2400 was $30 brand new in the mid 2000s, the ink cost $20, is still sold, and the printer still works perfectly, including being able to install the old drivers on modern computers, without all the bullshit add-on software that they usually want you to install. The main problem is that I have to buy a new ink cartridge basically every time I want to print, because I print so rarely.

layer8 2y ago

> HP has massive marketing budgets and gets to package and discount their printers. No wonder they need to get the money back from ink.