I just unpacked a new #printer and scanner combo and it ... just works?
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@defnull My first thought, before I saw your follow up message, was “It must be a Brother printer”.
I admit that I don’t print a great deal these days - but I’ve got a Brother laser printer, as well as a thermal printer for shipping labels and they’re just rock solid and unproblematic for Linux, Windows and MacOS.
I only JUST replaced my laser printer a few months ago after almost 7 years of perfect service from the last one.
Perhaps I’ll consider other options if I ever get back into doing high quality photographic prints - but for literally anything else there’s no reason to look elsewhere.
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@julianlawson I should have mentioned the brand in the first post
It's a Brother DCP-L3560CDW@defnull I did not know that Brother also makes sewing machines, but that makes a lot of sense! Intricate feedy machinery to make things.
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I just unpacked a new #printer and scanner combo and it ... just works?
WiFi printer and scanner were immediately detected by #Linux with all settings and features.
#HomeAssistant shows a ton of sensor values: page counts, toner, component lifetimes, ...
I can print from #android without any extra app.
It asked me how I want to update (auto, just check, not at all) and asked me to change the default password. No cloud 'features', so no #GDPR dialog to accept.
Edit: #Brother DCP-L3560CDW
@defnull ah yes brother printer, they have this oddball strategy of actually making functional printers.
You had me worried, if you'd said it was a hp I'd known you"d fallen the chunk of pre-obsolescenced micro-transaction-wear had hit you on the head and you were delusional
so glad it wasn't the case. -
I just unpacked a new #printer and scanner combo and it ... just works?
WiFi printer and scanner were immediately detected by #Linux with all settings and features.
#HomeAssistant shows a ton of sensor values: page counts, toner, component lifetimes, ...
I can print from #android without any extra app.
It asked me how I want to update (auto, just check, not at all) and asked me to change the default password. No cloud 'features', so no #GDPR dialog to accept.
Edit: #Brother DCP-L3560CDW
@defnull What brand is the printer?
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I just unpacked a new #printer and scanner combo and it ... just works?
WiFi printer and scanner were immediately detected by #Linux with all settings and features.
#HomeAssistant shows a ton of sensor values: page counts, toner, component lifetimes, ...
I can print from #android without any extra app.
It asked me how I want to update (auto, just check, not at all) and asked me to change the default password. No cloud 'features', so no #GDPR dialog to accept.
Edit: #Brother DCP-L3560CDW
Okay, after activating power saving mode, this thing draws so little power that the #Shelly plug can barely detect anything. Less than 1 watts in stand-by, and it enters standby almost immediately after printing. The only downside is that it needs a little longer (as in: seconds) to be ready for printing again, but who cares?
Did I mention that the printer came with full-sized toners (3000+ pages per color) and a new 4-toner set is only 50€? And you can replace colors individually?
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@kkarhan Nooo, a Brother DCP-L3560CDW. I cannot take Xerox seriously after https://media.ccc.de/v/froscon2015-1524-lies_damned_lies_and_scans
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I just unpacked a new #printer and scanner combo and it ... just works?
WiFi printer and scanner were immediately detected by #Linux with all settings and features.
#HomeAssistant shows a ton of sensor values: page counts, toner, component lifetimes, ...
I can print from #android without any extra app.
It asked me how I want to update (auto, just check, not at all) and asked me to change the default password. No cloud 'features', so no #GDPR dialog to accept.
Edit: #Brother DCP-L3560CDW
@defnull ah, of *course* it's a Brother. They decent.
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@kkarhan Nooo, a Brother DCP-L3560CDW. I cannot take Xerox seriously after https://media.ccc.de/v/froscon2015-1524-lies_damned_lies_and_scans
@defnull well, all colour printers do that.
- Even Brother.
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I just unpacked a new #printer and scanner combo and it ... just works?
WiFi printer and scanner were immediately detected by #Linux with all settings and features.
#HomeAssistant shows a ton of sensor values: page counts, toner, component lifetimes, ...
I can print from #android without any extra app.
It asked me how I want to update (auto, just check, not at all) and asked me to change the default password. No cloud 'features', so no #GDPR dialog to accept.
Edit: #Brother DCP-L3560CDW
@defnull I would be very interested in a follow-up on how well the scanning works, especially using the feeder. I was thinking about buying a dedicated document scanner but given the price points in question and acknowledging that once every few months I still need to print something, a combined unit would be interesting. That said - I've always made very very good experiences with Brother laser fax/scanner/printer combos since mid 90s. Rock solid stuff, actually almost a bit boring solid.
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@defnull I would be very interested in a follow-up on how well the scanning works, especially using the feeder. I was thinking about buying a dedicated document scanner but given the price points in question and acknowledging that once every few months I still need to print something, a combined unit would be interesting. That said - I've always made very very good experiences with Brother laser fax/scanner/printer combos since mid 90s. Rock solid stuff, actually almost a bit boring solid.
@hilse I scanned the test page through the feeder and it worked flawlessly, but I have no clue yet how it can handle many pages, or pages that are not in pristine shape.
I print very little, but toner never dries out, so it's an investment that pays off, even if you do not really need a printer that often.
My old printer (also Brother) died after 11 years and I bought new black toner only once. Maybe I'm even able to fix it, I suspect a bad capacitor after all these years.
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@hilse I scanned the test page through the feeder and it worked flawlessly, but I have no clue yet how it can handle many pages, or pages that are not in pristine shape.
I print very little, but toner never dries out, so it's an investment that pays off, even if you do not really need a printer that often.
My old printer (also Brother) died after 11 years and I bought new black toner only once. Maybe I'm even able to fix it, I suspect a bad capacitor after all these years.
@hilse Only downside, this thing is huge and heavy! You'll need some place to put a 40x40cm printer
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I just unpacked a new #printer and scanner combo and it ... just works?
WiFi printer and scanner were immediately detected by #Linux with all settings and features.
#HomeAssistant shows a ton of sensor values: page counts, toner, component lifetimes, ...
I can print from #android without any extra app.
It asked me how I want to update (auto, just check, not at all) and asked me to change the default password. No cloud 'features', so no #GDPR dialog to accept.
Edit: #Brother DCP-L3560CDW
@defnull Oh, dear... You just said a printer "just works"...
Do you not know printers like to lull you into a false sense of security?
(Seriously, though, Brother consumer printers are usually a bit less problematic than, say, consumer HP ones)
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I just unpacked a new #printer and scanner combo and it ... just works?
WiFi printer and scanner were immediately detected by #Linux with all settings and features.
#HomeAssistant shows a ton of sensor values: page counts, toner, component lifetimes, ...
I can print from #android without any extra app.
It asked me how I want to update (auto, just check, not at all) and asked me to change the default password. No cloud 'features', so no #GDPR dialog to accept.
Edit: #Brother DCP-L3560CDW
@defnull Well yeah, that's actually fairly normal among decent printers. The most important part is to steer clear of "GDI-Printers". Those require something known as a "printer driver", which is a special type of, typically proprietary, software you need to convert postscript to their proprietary standard.
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