TheKarateChimp
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May 14, 2021 1:21 AM
TheKarateChimp
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DukeDarkwood
I have a printer. It works. But it does not have ink because ink's expensive, yo. I CAN use it as a scanner, but I have nothing to scan.
TheHengeProphet
I have a printer. It works. Fuck no I won't use it... ink is expensive.
DrSchlepenstein
I haven't owned a printer in 20 years.
clockworkninjaRSA
I was just having a rant about this then other day lol
ImperviousLuck
Secretly?
M0ngrelX
Legit had to just print out doctor forms using the work printer 1
JiffyGee
Also, faxing shit is so 1970’s. We can encrypt and send shit through email much more securely. I’m talking to you IRS!!!!!!!!!!!!?
CanaDo
I have a printer it’s just been out of ink for a decade now
DropKickHead
The library.
Crunkmaster5000XXXL
Maybe you millennials just need to pull yourselves up by the bootstraps and buy a printer.
TheBurritoConfederacy
My demon printer is 11 years old now and still works, somehow. Pretty sure I couldn't find even recycled cartridges for it if I tried.
Hypnoticcow
I always ask for a pdf so I can sign and email things back
IMainReinhardt
I needed to print out a 26 page document for work. I went to the library and paid $2.60.
anotherdickat
Print to pdf and email it to your phone. Problem "solved", mostly.
WorkLurker
Why would you need to email it to your phone?
vanetz
I have a printer and the brand new cartridges I put in it and have not used once dried up long ago.
theteeb
This guy is my brother in law and it cracks me up every time I see it.
TheKarateChimp
No way, really?
NicolasKevinMac
Gen-X. Bought my first printer/scanner when this all started.
Itsonporpoise
Just quit sending ppl things to print. FFS it’s 2021. I was promised flying cars and you want me to print things? And then what?
WorkLurker
Sign what you printed and fax it back of course. You do have a fax machine right?
HearMeFart
What do you mean "secretly"?
simplynottrying
I found a shipping label printer, so I print out important documents on 4x6 stickers
cyno01
Awesome. Got a label printer, i could print on half inch tape but even the third party tapes are way more expensive than inkjet... per inch.
EF5Cyniclone
I've got it plugged in but it hardly ever prints right without doing maintenance junk first since I use it so infrequently.
Cat3508
Its a bit sad that now days the ink costs more than the printer.
eivez
I'm GenX and I haven't bought printer ink in over a decade. I'd rather go to a kinkos if I have to.
slothlikemammal
Xenninial here, it amazes me people don't have computers/scanners/printers.
mirrelle
Millenial here. I need a printer outside of work maybe twice a year and it just takes up room
litelbrown
And then I just hit a UPS store or something and have them print it for like 5¢
mrsham899124
I always use works printer ??
mirrelle
Same, i just hang back till anyone who cares leaves ? I'm not spending $20 on printing elsewhere when i just had to stay half an hour later
mirrelle
Than all of my coworkers because they needed someone on bus duty.
Flustercuck
Pro tip when buying a printer. First find the cheapest ink, then buy a printer that uses it. I got 40 black cartridges for $40 once.
mikeatike
Its been like 20 years since I've had a printer at home. The only thing I couldn't print at work was copies of my resume.
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
I'm not buying a printer for one page per 6 months. It'll need new ink cartridges for every print
WellWellWellLookWhoItIs
Cheap laser in the way to go. Toner doesn't dry and clog.
razmann
i got rid of mine because i just wanted to declutter. now i just go to the library when i need something printed.
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
Yeah, everything's been closed here for the last six months
razmann
true, i hadn't really thought of that, since i haven't needed to print anything since the pandemic started
InfOracle
I have a laser B/W that's networked as well as a wireless color inkjet. Am I doing something wrong? Both work and I have spare toner/ink...
MenloPart
We just have a color laserjet, but I attached an old laptop to it, and use that to print.
InfOracle
As a dad with a kid that likes to wait till the last minute to tell us of an impending project it's a necessity...
Himser
I have one too... i used it 3 times in 6 years.
bedframe
Yeesss my brother laser was thrifted and will outlive us all
Armyguy8382
Wow. Why not just show your bank account Mr. Moneybags. /s
ErectileFunction
Get with the times old man
LemonGrabsPudPud
I have a wireless colour laser I bought in 2013, still going strong. Gets very little use and I have a drawer of toner.
Jokesterwild
Me too. Laser is the way to go. Doesn't dry up and prints a shit load.
jonathandoeingham
Welcome to the club. I guess we just fell out of time.
CannonFolder
My problem with mine is it seems I need to reinstall the drivers every time I go to use it. Try to connect, can't find it on the network.
WorkLurker
Sounds like you should configure it with a static IP address on your network.
CannonFolder
I did for a while, but network still forgets after a bit. Probably has something to do with me turning it off for months at a time.
storebrandproductmascot
I had one years ago, but realized I was only printing out a few pages a year, so what was the point?
WorkLurker
Toners don't dry out like ink does.
NaughtButOne
I bought a laser printer explicitly *because* I only print a few pages a year. $200, and it'll last me a lifetime.
InfOracle
My laser printer is 6 years old and I've changed the toner twice...lol
storebrandproductmascot
Up till now it was easier to just print the few pages at work and not spend $200, but I may have to reevaluate in the Work From Home era.
NotThatJoeYouKnow
In college I had a roommate get a new printer to print out a term paper after his old one ran out of ink...It cost less than replacement ink
ToastDNA
I go to Kinko's. It's like 15 cents per page, but the cost of ink and printer far out pace the Kinko's price.
WellBehavedWomenRarelyMakeHistory
I buy recycled ink for 1/2 the $ of brand name. My printer knows and throws popups about quality, but hey, I'm just printing assignments.
2guyswalkintoabarthirdoneducks
I have also done this 2 or 3 times...
erischilde
Always one on sale for 20-30 bucks, ink way more. I didn't have one from 16 to 35ish till Wifey did some wfh.
Roarbuttnotfrommymouth
Still cheaper
Hornsoup
I feel like replacement cartridges last a lot longer, maybe I'm just fooling myself?
youmustgatheryourparty
No, cartridges on a new printer are not necessary full... so this may be a bad tactic
Theraininspaindrainsmainlydownthemainvein
This is true, but you get much less ink in the included cartridges than ones you purchase, you're not likely to be saving money doing this
SlightlyMoreAppropriateUsername
It's not a bad option if you need to print only a few times, like end of semester.last time I bought XL Inc, it dried out by the next time
SlightlyMoreAppropriateUsername
I needed it. Literally had to print some 20 page papers for class, then found it was cheaper to print at school, I feel foolish now
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cyno01
How the hell would you print to one from a modern device? Maybe got something w/ a serial port in a closet at my parents, but no parallel.
SegyeJibae
buy the USB adapter for it, they exist.
MeowWoof
Plenty of pcie parallel port cards still available.
MenloPart
I am pretty sure that Mom's desktop, collecting dust in the garage, had serial, parallel, PS2, etc. She refused to use it, told me to use
MenloPart
the computer desk when I moved in, and then complained that she couldn't use her computer.
MenloPart
I pulled her hard drive and she never asked me to connect it.