Occasional printing, and supply problems

[John Seberg]

Yeah, I just use this: https://www.fedex.com/en-us/printing/printandgo.html






On Sunday, February 7, 2021, 2:31:47 PM MST, Daniel Stasinski via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: 






Printer ownership is a lot like boat ownership.  Over the period of a year, it's usually cheaper just to rent a boat for the days you're actually going to use it.

For odd print jobs, you can always print to OfficeMax/CopyMax and go pick it up later.

Daniel P. Stasinski
daniel at GenericInbox.com
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On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 2:15 PM Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> I occasionally need to print things.  Like "every 6 months or so".  I 
> had an old Samsung CLP-315 that worked very well, but it's dead, and 
> nothing I have tried (Doze10, OS X, removing and reseating all 
> user-servicable parts) has been able to get it to work again.
> 
> So:  What do you all do for occasional printing?  Inkjets dry up when 
> not used often, so I disregarded inkjets.  I looked at B&W laser 
> printers on Amazon and Tiger Direct.  The Brother HL-L2300D is listed on 
> openprinting.org as "working perfectly"[0], but for the last week, it's 
> been "temporarily out of stock".  Other models of Brother, Lexmark, and 
> Canon printers that are listed on Amazon and Tiger Direct are A) 
> "temporarily out of stock" if they are listed on openprinting.org B) not 
> listed at all on openprinting.org and therefore probably paperweights.
> 
> Ordinarily in this situation, I'd print the 15-20 pages I need to print 
> at the office.  The office is not really an option; I have no idea when 
> it'll be open again.  Thoughts?  Suggestions?  Howls of pain?
> 
> [0] Binary-only i386 printer filter required, but this is not a huge 
> problem for me.
> 
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