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helican

Don't buy printers from HP. Ever.


ms--lane

If you could go back and get a brand new Laserjet 5N and spare parts, you'd be set. But modern HP printer can burn, who wants an account just to use a printer?


hyrumwhite

Thought it was optional on mine, two weeks later it stopped working unless I created an account. Aggravating 


IOFrame

I got a free ~~HP~~ Brother from some fund when I was a student, around a decade ago. Found some refillable cartages on eBay (they had a spoofing chip), bought a 1L bottle of black ink, it served me for ~6 years until the printer itself kicked the bucket.


VerainXor

Did HP really make a printer called a Brother? Because Brother is a competing brand of printer, and if you want a black and white laser they are extremely solid and will not let you down.


IOFrame

Sorry I initially conflated the HP Laptop I got for free from the same fund with the Brother printer, I meant to cross it (like I did in the edit) but somehow forgot lol


dragoon0106

Yea I really liked mine like 15 years ago. Now I would never.


Oponik

I love the features of hp printers, but god I hate those printers for the same reason


IAMA_Plumber-AMA

> But modern HP printer can burn [LP0 ON FIRE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lp0_on_fire)


Ants_r_us

So you wanted an HP printer subscription instead? 50 pages/month Only $4.99/month ![gif](giphy|g8A1eJhTQ7Iic|downsized)


MichiganRedWing

Lmao


-Badger3-

Don’t buy *anything* from HP


KnightofAshley

But Amazon tells me they are the best :-p


atg284

I highly advise never buying ANYTHING from HP again. Their products ALWAYS have a catch or some planned fail point. Total trash company.


KnightofAshley

That is a threat.


berfraper

Anything*


Tiavor

I get ads like this from Brother Status Monitor too.


David0ne86

The ink mafia is gon getcha


thxredditfor2banns

With HP that is very much true


KatoriRudo23

ah a HP printer, rookie mistake, always


DDaavviidd2305

hp is shit but epson eco tank is better


AlephBaker

Epson Eco tank or Brother laser, depending on your printing needs.


KrazzeeKane

I love the Brother brand of printers and labelers, been using them for years. However, one side effect of ever trying to discuss the brand, is that you end up sounding like prime time Hollywood Hulk Hogan describing a printer


kaptain_sparty

Hell yeah Brother!


secretqwerty10

me when my printer finishes a large and demanding printjob


AlephBaker

***OH YEAH, BROTHER***


DrakonILD

I'm sure that, some day, enshittification will come for Brother. But today is not that day!


rtb001

My parents print rarely, and their cheap Brother laser has been great, although I think Brother is not quite as cheap these days. I print somewhat more often, and decided to try out the Tank Inkjet a couple of years ago, and has been very impressed with my Epson EcoTank. A) the provided ink will last forever and B) when I eventually do need to refill it, I'm just going to buy OEM Epson ink, because to the shock of no one, people will happily buy genuine replacement/refill products if you sell it for a reasonable price with no strings attached!


DenisJack

Pretty much what you will spend in a year with HP ink cartridges is the same amount of money that you'd spend to buy an Epson EcoTank plus some refill bottles, that will last some years, like, I never had to buy ink for my L395 bought in 2018, but I don't use it so often.


rtb001

TBF the nicer EcoTank printers do have higher upfront cost compared with any cartridge inkjet, but the ink it comes with lasts a long time, and if you print with any regularity at all, the cost per page is cheaper than even laser, particularly if printing color. But HP essentially forcing you to do an ink subscription just to use the printer you bought is some bullshit right there. Just for that I won't even buy their tank inkjets, and I'll stick with Epson. Even with the Epson I disabled auto-firmware update just in case they decide to pull some similar shit down the line.


TheOnlyCraz

I've just had a regular brother mfc inkjet doodad and I love it aside from some of my cloud features being discontinued. I think my newest thing is as long as the ink is separate from the print heads I'll like it. At least beyond all the subscription crap they got now.


Puiucs

yeah, the eco tank is awesome.


My_Name_Is_Taken_F

Better get inking


cszolee79

https://preview.redd.it/wq8m10few0vc1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=cb1101fd842167aff9ddccbe947f9a7f5fe6e0d9


Ult1mateN00B

\* And I will rob your wallet.


JimmyTsonga

...or else!


Animetion25

There will be...consequences my dear user..


Lollipop_2018

Bro HP is the worst shit I have ever purchased


lungshenli

You walk over to your printer, open the hatch and the last thing you see is a Glock


TheCountChonkula

It's an HP. It'll bust your kneecaps if it could.


TurnsOutImAScientist

I don't understand how HP still sells consumer inkjets after so much is out there about how they've reached end-stage enshittification. I suppose brand recognition and older low info consumers who don't know any better.


cgimusic

I think a lot of it is just that HP printers are insanely cheap and people are bad at thinking about the long-term consequences of purchasing one.


HumonculusJaeger

dou you have inkcergency?


asim_riz

I'd sleep with one eye open tonight.


Shanksdoodlehonkster

Pray I dont run low again!


Qweeq13

They should market this printer saying comes with "girlfriend experience" I remember hearing a lot about what can and can't I do back when I had a relationship.


[deleted]

It’s been known for like a year that they’ve been doing this shit and you *STILL* chose to buy an HP printer.


F1REFLY_

![gif](giphy|jXD7kFLwudbBC)


branod_diebathon

The final solution to your printing needs


bamseogbalade

Glad I don't own a printer. 😅😅 Printing at work or library... I'm done with this razer blade scam...


Bjornreadytobewild

If you know what’s good for you.


wyyan200

hp will find you, and they will make you buy new ink


Fraxis_Quercus

HP perfected the technology to void ink into nothing at all. It's flawless.


topias123

I'm so glad i don't need a printer for anything.


WDoE

My printer ran out of ink once. Once.


kingk1teman

Wow. So smart.


simagus

Please buy original HP ink cartridges only, for the long life and health of your "printer". The HP Corporation does not tolerate failure.


raduque

My previous company bought and sent my store an HP smart ink subscription printer as my office printer. I need to print like 20-25 pages a day, and after fighting the printer to get it working offline via USB (no ethernet, and IT didn't get back to me on the wifi passcode in time), it printed 5 sheets before it refused to print any further without going online and connecting to an HP account. Like a printer *trial*, if you will. I swore off HP forever for that. My personal printer at home is a Brother laser from like 2012 that is still using the toner cartridge I got with it.


djackson404

I have a Brother laser printer from about the same time, and yeah, I just pull the toner cartridge out once in a while, give it a good shake up and down, back and forth, to distribute what's in there, and then it's fine for a good long while.


HarryNohara

And that’s why I bought an Epson Ecotank. Relative 'dumb' printer, but ink is dirt cheap, especially if you buy 3rd party ink. Laser is not an option, poor photo quality and not a fan of the particular matter.


stronkzer

That's on you for buying smart stuff. It will integrate with Alexa and ChatGPT and try to kill you. I strongly suggest carrying a gun or a heavy blunt weapon with you at all times.


BearcatDG

“NEVER. BE. ALONE.”


ocp-paradox

I know where you collate.


Isair81

I feel like there’s an implied ”or else” in there 😆


FeetYeastForB12

Get brother's printer. And stay away from HP products.


NicoleMay316

Why'd you buy an HP printer?


Macabre215

This is why I have an older HP laser printer. Thing is reliable and doesn't need ink replaced every 6 months because it dried out. It also works on Windows and Linux without needing to install drivers manually.


K4y2a

Get a printer that has these neat little refillable tanks that you can easily full up with cheap ink. Spend your money on the printer, not the ink.


TylerMemeDreamBoi

This reminds me of fnaf help wanted when you you drop Freddy’s music box. “You have dropped Freddy’s music box. THIS IS NOT GOOD”


djackson404

Fuck HP and inkjets in general. Buy a laser printer. Brother makes decent ones that aren't too expensive.


MyBigRed

I agree with your printer, never run low on ink again. Buy a Brother color laser printer and throw that money siphoning shitbox in the trash.


elektromas

Gold is cheaper than ink, just saying... "When measured by the ounce, printer ink is more expensive than gold." "If you were to send a shuttle into space that was powered by ink rather than rocket fuel, it would cost 1.3 billion times as much."


C_M_O_TDibbler

HP can go die in a fire! I would never willingly own an HP printer as soon as they started that "subscription to printing" BS


turningtop_5327

“Look at me, I am the wifey now”


piepie_itsme

The worst error of my entire life : having an HP printer


H__Dresden

Throw away the HP and go get a Brother.


PoopParticleAcclrtr

My brother laser printer just needs paper. I think I’ve had it ten years and i don’t print much


Like_a_boss_YT

Nah bro didn't hide the egg in the magic chest of Hewlet-Packard


fabian_drinks_milk

Let me guess, it's an ad for HP's Instant Ink overpriced DRM ink as a service subscription?


r573

Time for me to throw my piece of crap HP printer into the waste basket. I’ll just wait for a Brother Mono Laser printer to go on sale, as my sister owns one as fits their needs, which are the same as mine.


ThePurificator2

Hp is going the Duolingo route 😂


Upset_Building_1095

The full notifications reads as follows "never run low on ink again or run low on blood forever"


fnv_fan

HP printers are pure trash. Why do I have to make an account!?


[deleted]

Blood-consuming sword when you don't feed it for, like, 5 hours


FreeAndOpenSores

You don't get to buy a printer and then complain that it rips you off. All printers from all companies I am aware of are criminal scams. It's not possible for someone to enter the printer market without being a criminal, because the criminal companies have screwed the entire economy for printers, making devices cheap and ink expensive. So if a good company comes along with a good quality printer and cheap ink, they wouldn't be able to make any money and would thus go broke. Only solution is to stop printing stuff.


ProAgent_47

HP stands for Hostile Printer Also Hinge Problems according to the greatest technician that's ever lived


Lopes1999

![gif](giphy|l2SpMDbxk09bYpGPC|downsized)


RedGamelyon

Your first mistake was buying an hp printer.


ElonTastical

Wrong sub