• Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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    11 months ago

    If you want a non-Brother recommendation, find one of the series 4 HP LaserJets. Those things were figuratively and perhaps literally bulletproof.

    • @SpaceNoodle
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      411 months ago

      My 5P didn’t survive the 2012 move. RIP

    • Rhaedas
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      311 months ago

      We had a 5P back in the Win98 days, and it was exactly what you’d expect a printer to be. The refills were pricey, but they’d last a long time (we printed a lot then). And you could get a bit more life out of an empty drum if you shook the hell out it.

      I do wonder about compatibility with Win10/11 at this point. I know some other old devices I still have around are all but impossible to get to work.

      • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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        311 months ago

        I remember seeing them abused in my university computer lab. People would print 50 page documents, see they screwed something up, trash the whole thing, and then print again.

        Keyboards, monitors, mice, computers, and network switches would come and go but those tanks would just keep rolling. Plus we could program rude messages on the screens via the web interface, which was fun.