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HP misreads room, awkwardly brags about its “less hated” printers (arstechnica.com)

submitted 6 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[-] frog@beehaw.org 4 points 6 months ago

I have a Brother black-and-white laser printer, and it is, in fact, evil. I commented about it in this thread in fact: it never prints when it's asked to because its deep sleep is so deep that computers can't communicate with it without the use of troubleshooting software. So it doesn't fit the requirement of "prints without any problems".

[-] noddy@beehaw.org 5 points 6 months ago

If it is network connected, consider giving it a static IP in the router. I can imagine the computer being confused by the printer having a new IP since last time (can happen with automatic IP), when you try to print something.

[-] frog@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago

All the devices on my network have static IPs. We have a system.

[-] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 6 months ago

I'm sure your issue is valid on your particular system, but I have two Brother L2300D printers in different locations and my experience has been exactly zzzzz's above. I have changed the toner once for each in years, and it's always reliable. It may be you having a rare issue.