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Something lightweight
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CaptainSarcastic posted:I'm still trying to wrap my head around how Bluetooth printing is something desirable. Like, something you presumably are willing to pay more to have included. Can’t figure out why you would want to quickly print off something you’re browsing on your phone instead of emailing it to yourself or something?
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# ? Oct 13, 2019 21:28 |
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FCKGW posted:Can’t figure out why you would want to quickly print off something you’re browsing on your phone instead of emailing it to yourself or something? Let me tell you about this newfangled thing called "wifi."
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# ? Oct 13, 2019 21:30 |
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Get a cushy government job and print everything at work, op
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# ? Oct 13, 2019 21:33 |
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slinkimalinki posted:Do you want one that's easy to carry, op? Does anyone have the original thread linked... I can't remember the printer goon's name.
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# ? Oct 13, 2019 23:17 |
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I found the textquote:A loose female acquaintance of mine calls me at 1:00am today and asks me if I could print something on the computer for her and bring it over in the afternoon. "Hey yeah sure sure, whatever you need I'll help you, I'm all yours," I tell her. She sends me this file and lo and behold I can't open it. It's made in Microsoft Publisher and I don't have that program so I begin panicing, trying to find this program or a way to print the file. Scouring the internet yields no results and I do my usual pacing in my room.
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# ? Oct 13, 2019 23:20 |
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Rip printergoon
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# ? Oct 13, 2019 23:43 |
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Buy the card printer.
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# ? Oct 13, 2019 23:44 |
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Why is it wrong to want to connect to a printer with bluetooth? My home wifi setup sucks.
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# ? Oct 14, 2019 01:01 |
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Why is it wrong to want to connect to a printer with bluetooth? My home wifi setup sucks. It's just weird and you're paying extra for a redundant feature. It sounds like the extra you would spend on that feature on a printer would be better-served fixing whatever is wrong with your home network.
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# ? Oct 14, 2019 01:07 |
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Why is it wrong to want to connect to a printer with bluetooth? My home wifi setup sucks. Hardwire the printer it's not going to move. Also many printers support printing over Wifi too, it's also a dumb gimmick feature since you could just print directly to it if you are on the same wifi
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# ? Oct 14, 2019 01:10 |
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Why is it wrong to want to connect to a printer with bluetooth? My home wifi setup sucks.
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# ? Oct 14, 2019 01:23 |
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some laser poo poo, probably a brother
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# ? Oct 14, 2019 01:27 |
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I have this little Bluetooth cube shaped printer that works with my phone. It only prints using expensive label cartridges but otherwise it’s super convenient and helps me stay organized.
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# ? Oct 14, 2019 03:25 |
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Icochet posted:Print poo poo at work Icochet posted:Print poo poo at work Icochet posted:Print poo poo at work
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# ? Oct 14, 2019 03:32 |
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Icochet posted:poo poo at work Icochet posted:poo poo at work Icochet posted:poo poo at work
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# ? Oct 14, 2019 04:25 |
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birth school work death
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# ? Oct 14, 2019 04:51 |
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Does SHSC not exist anymore? e: yes they do https://forums.somethingawful.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=22 b mad at me fucked around with this message at 04:55 on Oct 14, 2019 |
# ? Oct 14, 2019 04:52 |
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Printers suck, get a plotter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ohDaX4uxKY&t=130s
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# ? Oct 14, 2019 06:48 |
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Rutibex posted:never buy an inkjet. if you buy inkjet its like you are buying a subscription to Star Citizen My last inkjet multifunction printer refused to scan crap after one of the colour ink tanks ran dry
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# ? Oct 14, 2019 08:25 |
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Toys For rear end Bum posted:My last inkjet multifunction printer refused to scan crap after one of the colour ink tanks ran dry Holy poo poo. The person who came up with that feature got promoted so fast
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# ? Oct 14, 2019 08:39 |
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Never print anything then kill the person next to you
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# ? Oct 17, 2019 04:07 |
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nthing a decent brother laser
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# ? Oct 17, 2019 04:14 |
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Serious answer for graphic and photo printing: Color Laser: Xerox Phaser. Use to be expensive but now retails at ~$250. The expense with color laser comes from toner, and typically the printers are sold with toner cartridges that only have a very small amount of toner in them, so you'll need to buy color toner cartridges with the printer which adds ~$560. They will last a very long time however. Tabloid size would be better but that adds significantly to the cost, size, and weight of the unit (~170 pounds), and adds a lot of "office" type of features you'll probably never use. Color Inkjet: Epson Expression. XP-15000 is tabloid sized and is $300. Again, expense comes from ink cartridge replacements and with Epson, all of their specialty papers which makes a huge difference in print quality. Nowadays they're indistinguishable from lab printed photos (which is actually typical for most ~$100 "all-in-ones" you can buy at places like Staples). For someone like me today's prices floor me. I can remember when these printers themselves were thousands of dollars. Coming from the late 90's there was an technology called MicroDry, made by a company called Alps (which is still in business). It was similar to laser in that it didn't put wet ink on the paper, but used 4 color "ribbons" that put down dry color. The cool thing about this was there were a LOT of different ribbons, including white backing for printing color images on black paper, metallic colors, and gold and silver foil. It was related but not completely the same as dye sub printers (there were "dye sub" ribbons and paper available). The MicroDry technology has been out of wide scale production for around a decade and a half, but they still made the ribbons in Japan up until 2015, when they discontinued everything. quote:The feature yet unsurpassed on MicroDry technology is its ability to print unconventional inks; white, metallic colours and clear (matte or gloss) finish. This feature is especially sought after on modelmaking community for printing decals (which often involve white colour), and also for T-shirt customizing. Neither inkjet nor laser printers can print any other colours than CMYK, as they assume the media is always white. As such, they are not suitable for purposes other than generic home and office printing. MicroDry printers can be used on printing non-white or transparent media, which inkjets or laser printers cannot handle sufficiently well, and they can also handle a variety of media, such as plastic, cardboard or even metals. The second-hand MicroDry printers are much sought after and can be expensive (prices ranging in early 2006 from USD 300 to 700, depending on condition). Edit - apparently this company still sells refurbished printers and ribbons, and have themselves manufactured dozens of different spot color ribbons. They seem to be primarily marketing to model building markets as "decal printers". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWUjEuOaI5k Telebite fucked around with this message at 06:57 on Oct 17, 2019 |
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But I can buy wide format printers that do metallic and white just fine. You can also do much the same using ribbon in a label printer like a Zebra 110xi4 if you want. I've only ever loaded black ribbon but ribbon is very much alive in labels. pixaal fucked around with this message at 12:35 on Oct 17, 2019 |
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Buy a basic Brother printer and do not entertain anyone with any other brand selection. Basic Brother B&W printers are installed in zillions of retail chains and are generally not upgraded until the chain steps into a big contract or has weird “enterprise” needs. Also the toner is reasonably priced for toner. You may want to step up and get a basic MFP instead. A scanner is handy sometimes! Bobcats fucked around with this message at 15:03 on Oct 22, 2019 |
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gary oldmans diary posted:if you cant get a document to a printer reliably your setup is all kinds of jank Or you're using Windows. Lol on the subject of Wifi printing my fiancee constantly tries to "cloud print" using her HP inkjet, which never works, and then she's like "I can't get this to print can you print it?" I guess that's a kind of "cloud printing" wherein she emails me the document and I print it.
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# ? Oct 22, 2019 18:18 |
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all of you stop arguing! if not a specific printer then could someone at least recommend just a good brand of printer for op to buy? Rutibex posted:Canon laser printers
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# ? Oct 23, 2019 10:31 |
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Bobcats posted:Buy a basic Brother printer and do not entertain anyone with any other brand selection. But does brother make mfps. This is important.
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# ? Oct 23, 2019 12:46 |
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gary oldmans diary posted:all of you stop arguing! He should go with Okidata.
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Go the opposite way with this whole lightweight carriable nonsense and get a gently caress off huge laser printer that doesn't fit under your desk
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