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Mine is possessed by the devil. It works for me, then my wife tries and it refuses to work for her. We get into an argument about it and then the printer laughs (on the inside) and then starts printing for her but not me. Let’s not talk about projectors..

I go to the local public library to print now - it’s free. No more buying $60 worth of ink cartridges that dry up.

I believe that is covered by Murphy's law. It reminds me, I need to print out a copy.

As an IT guy, I despise printers. Just email it lol

Right? I had to clean the rollers and printer ink nozzles yesterday. The color cynan was missing completely with a new cartridge. Soooooo frustrating 😑

That’s big Printer for you

Buy a laser printer.

This is soooooo true. Printers have become one of the least reliable devices anymore. “Bluetooth compatible!!!” (Sure, after you restart your computer and turn the WiFi and printer off and on)

And now update 24 H2 does not talk to USB printers and scanners!

I bought a new router and have a printer that refuses to connect to it. It’s beyond frustrating.

I seriously just push button until it prints, and I curse a lot. Also, why can you only print like 5 pages before you need more ink cartridges?

HP was the worst - if none of those things was wrong, it would say 1 of the 5 ink cartridges was expired. All I wanted to do was print with black ink, so I bought a simple black printer from Brother. The toner cartridges are less expensive and last a couple years for me.

2024 and printers somehow worse than 2001

The reliability of a printer is inversely proportional to the urgency of the need.

Laser printer for the win. They’re cheap. Reliable, and can go a year without worrying about ink.

And how about a fortune for ink!

And the best ones are probably made in China, which will go up in cost significantly after January.

Try turning your VPN off while printing. See if that lets you stay connected to WiFi.

Epson eco tank. Not one issue every for $199. Best printer out there. Fill the ink tanks boom done

We now have the ability to connect every conceivable device to WiFi except printers.

😂 oh man I feel ya

Preach!

I've noticed that just unplugging my printer for several days fixes it. Until the next time I REALLY need to print something and it stops working again.

I dread when I have to use my printer and hope that it works.

My school district's policy used to be to wait to order ink cartridges for our building printers until they ran out of ink, rather than keep any in stock. It's like it was a surprise for our administrators every time the ink ran out.

The IT department does it on purpose. Saves money. 🤣🤣🤣

Same!!! 😉

I've had my Brother HL 2360 for years and it prints every time from Win10, Win11 and Linux Mint. B&W laser wifi, duplex printing. I've also had my Canon inkjet MP 640 color inkjet for years and it works well 95% of the time, scans and copies...

I had a long term professional relationship with my printer repair guy. I do not miss having one anymore.

YES! It is the worst!

Turn it off, wait a minute, and then turn it back on. Then buy a new one.

Seems you need a laser printer. One cartridge lasts almost forever. And printing is faster. Less breakdowns. Works for years without problems.

There is a light blinking on mine right now. No idea what it means.

Same!

There is literally always a jam.

The disconnected from WIFI is the worst. This is why I bought a brother laser printer. The cartridges last a long long time, much more than inkjet printers. I bought generic ink for it and it works fine.

Ditch the WiFi and plug the printer directly into your computer. That will go a long way in reducing printer problems.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYfGk3X1/ Hilarious 😂

Lol. I am currently having exact same issue.

You forgot 'choosing a printer you used at somebody's house five years ago instead of the printer you've been using all week'

I swear by Canon printers - have one at home and an all-in-one at my office. Now that I gave publicly stated this, they’ll likely both crap out tomorrow!

same, especially with photos. Especially dry ink due to under-use.

Clearly you don’t own a Canon Laserjet.

Every. Single. Time.

Don't mess with inkjet. Get a laser. I'm still using a LaserJet 2100TN purchase in 1999, printed several tens of thousands of pages, and still works good.

😂 You’re perfect. Absolutely knowing the pulse of Americans! This routinely drives me nuts, it’s getting drop kicked into the Pacific any day now.

Get a 12 year old to look at it

I thought I was the only one dealing with this. For me it's just the 75/25 question of "am I connected this time?"

My Epson Eco tank printer has given great service over the last few years. Good idea to use it once a week at least. Available at Costco. Good Luck and thank you for serving America!

system update required

Yes! Life changing. No more ink! When I need color printing, I pop it on a thumb drive and head over to an office supply place. Love my laser.

I have thought about that. I just don't print enough to justify the cost.

they’re the real deal

how about 4.8 star review and it constantly prints like it's low on black ink... I haven't had a reliable printer in 20+ years

Paper is dead

Don't forget only have 3 sheets in the printer when you have a 4 page print job....

Me designing 3D printers: get asked when they will be as reliable as regular printers. Laugh and laugh!

Get a brother. I had my first one 20 years the second one since 2015. Never one problem. Good luck 👍

Same

My printer occasionally uninstalls itself

Same

I became much happier after switching from a cartridge based printer to a tank based printer.

Offline is what I always get!

I feel seen

PC Load Letter

One would think you’re a teacher with this post. Imagine your lesson for the day counting on that unreliable system. Happens all the time.

After buying a new set of toners (generic, I'm not made of money) printer decided there was some sort of permanent paper jam, so its been moved to the exit lounge. At least I got to enjoy the rather dark 'end of life is near' toner message one last time!

Same!

Epson printers are better than HP in my experience.

Or when the ink cartridge has “expired”

I so relate. I don’t even try anymore. I just tell people my printer is broken.

My brother printers are very reliable.

I'm not in any printing plans...

Printer cat will fix all

Why would you run a printer on wifi?

Every time I need to print something l am told to update the software.

The refillable ink cartridge has been around for decades. Someone in S. America invented it and HP bought the rights and buried it. That's why we pay $50+ for ink when in other countries that would be yearlong supply. I f*cking hate America!

6) Gekko stuck in it.

Yes. My parents have a chest freezer that is 50 FIVE ZERO years old that still works. They've replaced the stand-up they bought for the garage three times.

Post kids, you can live happily with a b/w laser printer. I have a Canon. Kids need color for school projects and inkjets never print when you need them, usually dried up or clogged print nozzle. You’ll buy 4 cartridges for each 1/8 one you use.

My husband and I were just bitching about that this morning

6) The printer will demand “updated” software be uploaded before almost every use.

Or the driver has somehow completely picked settings that are wrong for the document, or your expensive color printer just had to flush $5 of ink to switch from matte to glossy ink, or it prints single sided when you chose 2-sided, or for some reason it takes 1 minute for each pass of print head...

...that's why I switched to a laser printer years ago. My B&W one I bought 20 years ago still works every time I need it. My color laser printer is over 15 years old and also works every time I need it. Ink dispensers are a waste of time and money.

Some things never change.

We have two printers - a brother color laser (yes toner costs more but it’s reliable) and an Epson EcoTank for my craft room. The ink is very reasonable for it. Who knows how long the printer will last. I print to it weekly when I’m not home to keep the ink jets working

Low tech failures in a high tech world, and so often the last step.

So true.

Technology’s great when it works 🤷🏼‍♀️

You are out of cyan and all you want to do is print a black and white text document. I made the mistake of getting a scanner printer combo once and you couldn't scan if you were low on cyan.

My last printer only printed half the page, no exceptions.

There has to be/needs to be a study on how printer reliability has gone done over the last twenty years. My current HP requires arcane incantations, chanting, and animal sacrifice to even think about printing…

more hi tech solutions. Auto correct auto know not to change my wording.

It's not just you. I can print from my phone, but my computer periodically (and now) just won't recognize the damn thing as being online!

You can clean the rollers with a q-tip and some diluted rubbing alcohol or other light solvents if it ever gets really bad.

Same

The ink industry must be one of the most lucrative in the world.

Switch to a Lazer printer. It's saved my sanity.

I see you fellow HP user.

Get an Epson eco-tank. I've had one for 2 years now and STILL haven't added ink. Always reliable, too 😀

Once again, you speak the truth. I’ll add: Printing from my iPhone involves random results about the lack of an Air Printer.

That sense of dread printing out concert tickets in a paper jam, and we can't collect the stubs anymore. 🫤

An accurate obituary would begin: "____ died Tuesday after a courageous, years-long battle with his wireless printer."

Even better - one that doesn't disincentive durability or repairability, and one where consumable ink doesn't cost as much as hardware replacement with new ink included in $

Get a brother coloured printer with the bigger toner cartridges. I can scan and photocopy too. After several issues with other types, someone recommended it, no issues in over 1 year. Not that expensive and toner lasts long.

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼𝗼, 𝗵𝘂𝗵? 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘂𝘀. 𝗜𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜'𝗺 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗛𝗣 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.

Don't buy samsung/hp. Not wifi friendly & ZERO customer support. I bought mine specifically to be wifi friendly with all my samsung stuff (phones, tabs, tvs): NOPE! Not even friendly to my samaung laptop! Samsung: 😈 🔥 🤯

Printers in schools get heavy duty use. Teachers have to pray daily that the printer is working. At my school,,only the secretary could change the toner as if she didn't have enough to do 🤦🏽‍♀️

When you forget to pay your HP+ membership and they remote disable your printer

...and also:

Imagine! 😆

That's not normal. I am a retired IT geek. Consider buying a new printer.

this is the way

Agreed. My b&w Brother printer is incredibly reliable.

Why don't more people use Brother! If you can get past the Win95-style setup menu, it's pretty smooth sailing for life.

Yup, especially when you have to be out the door with said printing project, like now.

Get a Brother toner printer. Ink jet printers are crap.

All of the above; plus, Landscape ? or Portrait ? !!

WiFi is responsible for probably 75% of the failures, get a printer with a direct USB connection and it will work better.