Gregory's Serveri keep looking at the laser printer sitting in my entryway. i’m reminded that the moment i set it up, the final vestige of my youth will have died.
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@timbueno I was standing in Staples today and ultimately concluded that I want to print maybe 10 things a year and never want to think about printers again. And the brother whatever-the-cheapest-laser-model-is hit my criteria 100% @samhenrigold I literally only print return labels. I’ve been walking my ass to the Brooklyn library to do it but every time I do I look at that Brother printer. I don’t have a great space to PUT it tho and that’s what’s keeping it away. The library it is…
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@coreysnipes @timbueno I've got enough going on in my life, I don't wanna add toner DRM to that list of stuff I'm responsible for thinking about @samhenrigold My younger cousins asked me once what "that black thing" I have in my office did. I told them it was a printer and they had no clue what I meant by that. My brain immediately went to "Do they not use printers in school anymore?" Apparently all of their work is on Chromebooks.  @samhenrigold do what I did and put it on a “floating” shelf on your desk with fun things underneath it to counteract the boringness.  poof, there it goes!! btw if you’re thinking “that seems like a terrible input method for entering the wifi password” you’d be spot on @kai I'll take it off when I figure out which stickers can take its place to break up the monotony of a gray plastic cube @samhenrigold maybe you could pay for your printer through advertising? "Download a free audiobook today!"  sam henri gold, I've never owned a networked printer but aren't these things supposed to create a wifi hotspot for setup precisely so you could use something with a better keyboard to enter the password? @grishka maybe I missed that part? there was a QR code in the box to their desktop app where I could set it up but I feel like if I install printer software on my computer, I would have reached the point of no return of becoming a boomer  @grishka @samhenrigold I think sometimes there's also a mechanism where you can just press a button on your router to allow access to the device, and therefore don't need to enter a password. However I think I had to enter a password on my Brother as well.  @samhenrigold I have the same one. Be prepared for it to periodically disconnect from wifi. Pro tip: don't re-setup (absolutely horrendous password interface) and just cycle the power. Ask me every time I need to print something how I know. @thillsman Oh no am I gonna have to put this hideous thing in my living room to connect it directly to the router |
@samhenrigold You have a very adult taste in printers that’s for sure. 😃