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@Wortex17 @SecurityWriter @ifixcoinops Kyocera machines are generally good, but do tend to have issues with aftermarket toners. Not (usually) because of any chip/drm shenanigans, but because Kyocera uses a much finer particle size for their toner that aftermarket companies just aren't great at duplicating consistently.

Source: am a printer tech for 10 years with a boss who insists the $7 cartridges (that we charge $100 for) "work just fine" when I'm visiting those machines monthly, while the ones running OEM haven't been touched in years.

But yeah, especially for home use, most Brothers "just work" for years and years

27 Nov 2023 at 15:05 | Wall-to-wall | Open on hackers.town
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@observer @Wortex17 @ifixcoinops oh definitely, I never buy anything but OEM anyway, learned the hard way that the little extra QC they do goes a long way not not having problems.

Good to hear from a printer tech that it’s not all in my head, too. You have greater patience than I dealing with those things every day when clients insist on cutting corners.

Edit: as a print tech, who’s your go-to OEM? Mine used to be Sharp until they got ‘smart’. So Brother it is.

27 Nov 2023 at 17:20 | Open on infosec.exchange
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@SecurityWriter @Wortex17 @ifixcoinops I'm at the whim of the bosses as far as what brand, but I mostly deal with Kyocera and Sharp these days, and yeah, 3 iterations ago were probably the best machines Sharp would ever make and it's been a steep downhill since. With a few exceptions, I've been pretty impressed with Kyocera though. Easy to work on and pretty solid. Haven't seen too many of the newer Brother machines though, mostly because the old ones are still out there chugging away. Brother's "Authorized service provider" setup is a bit of a joke though. $80 in "credit" to the shop for half a day's labor doing a warranty board swap

@SecurityWriter @Wortex17 @ifixcoinops I'm at the whim of the bosses as far as what brand, but I mostly deal with Kyocera and Sharp these days, and yeah, 3 iterations ago were probably the best machines Sharp would ever make and it's been a steep downhill since. With a few exceptions, I've been pretty impressed with Kyocera though. Easy to work on and pretty solid. Haven't seen too many of the newer Brother machines though, mostly because the old ones are still out there chugging away. Brother's...

27 Nov 2023 at 18:11 | Open on hackers.town
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