Hey #Inkjet #printer people.
What's your preferred #refill supplier?
Have a brother MFC, and in the market for some more refills. Had one a couple of years ago for like 10€ or something. Anything above that, with higher quality, or just stick to the cheapest?

Philips Debuts 3D Printable Components To Repair Products - Philips has launched a new initiative called "Philips Fixables," offering free, of... - https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/05/12/2041206/philips-debuts-3d-printable-components-to-repair-products?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #printer

Every time I use an inkjet printer is an exercise in frustration. How is it we can put robots on Mars and make space telescopes that let us see galaxies billions of light years away, but we can’t make an inkjet printer that works reliably? #technology #printer #fail

Experimenting with eufyMake's new E1 #3D-Texture #UV #Printer (currently crowdfunding on #Kickstarter), which can adorn magnets, coasters, mugs, and all manner of flat or even cylindrical objects with millions of amazing colours, and even texture! What should we print next?

Does anyone have any recommendations for a label printer for use from Linux? I'd like to connect with USB from my desktop Linux PC. Ideally, I'd prefer to not install any proprietary drivers and use all free software. Also, I think it'd be convenient to have it work independently from a computer, so having an included keyboard would be nice, I imagine.

I have a new small parts organizer that I hope to store a collection of resistors and capacitors, op-amps and other small electronics prototyping parts of different values. I would like to print labels for each drawer.

I'm looking at this one: https://www.brother-usa.com/products/ptd610bt

Anyone have any experience with this label printer from Brother with Linux or standalone?

Starbucks Opens Its First 3D-Printed Store - What can you build with a 3D printer? Starbucks just printed itself a new store — ... - https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/04/27/2041226/starbucks-opens-its-first-3d-printed-store?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #printer

Epson’s New Large-Format SureColor Photo Printers Are More Affordable https://petapixel.com/2025/04/23/epsons-new-large-format-surecolor-photo-printers-are-more-affordable/ #epsonsurecolorp7370 #epsonsurecolorp9370 #epsonsurecolor #photoprinter #Equipment #printer #epson #News

J'ai réparé mon imprimante matricielle !
C'est une Star LC-10, elle imprimait un début de ligne et le chariot se bloquait avant que l'imprimante ne se mette en erreur.
J'ai vérifié l'alimentation, la commande du moteur du chariot, RAS.
Au final c'était un problème mécanique, j'ai graissé les éléments mobiles du chariot et j'ai fait tourner le ruban encreur dans sa cartouche avec une visseuse électrique, et ça m'a l'air bon maintenant !
Testé avec mon #Atari Mega STE et le traitement de texte Papyrus (et pas la bonne fonte!)
#dotmatrix #printer #retrocomputing

I know printers are hot topic :) and I'm very happy with my Brother color laser. I'm lucky not to have to worry about toner cost.

I've been asked to recommend printer for HS kid for whom cartridge cost will matter. I'm still thinking Brother Color Laser is best choice - as cartridges do last a long time.

Does anyone on the fedi have any other suggestions? I'm thinking of buying them the printer itself at least and the first round of cartridges. #PrinterCartridges #Printer #CostEffective

the trials of mapmaking

I recently bought a small Brother laser printer because I am sick to death of paying a small fortune in ink for our old Canon MX726 - which admittedly has given sterling service over quite a number of years. Mind you, I we do very little printing these days anyway but I just have had enough of buying ink. The Brother printer is fast, gives great quality, if a tad noisy. And was pretty cheap too.

Best extruder cover so far
The loading circle is connected to the motor shaft, so it spins while printing

It's that time of the year again :) The 2025 Update is here. With Gemini AI writing half of the article.

"This is the third year in a row that I’ve published a story recommending you just stop thinking about printers and buy whatever random Brother laser printer is on sale, and nothing has happened in the miserably user-hostile printer industry to change my recommendation in that time." — Nilay Patel, The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/tech/641940/best-printer-2025-just-buy-a-brother-laser-printer-middle-finger-in-the-air

Dozens of Solenoids Turn Vintage Typewriter into a Printer https://hackaday.com/2025/04/08/dozens-of-solenoids-turn-vintage-typewriter-into-a-printer/ #ElectricTypewriter #classichacks #typewriter #solenoid #printer #matrix #mosfet #Parts

That Brother laser printer you bought can also pretend it's a plotter

#plotter #printer #hpgl

https://scruss.com/blog/2025/04/09/plotter-stuff-on-that-brother-printer/

Dozens of Solenoids Turn Vintage Typewriter into a Printer - An electric typewriter is a rare and wonderful thrift store find, and even better ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/08/dozens-of-solenoids-turn-vintage-typewriter-into-a-printer/ #electrictypewriter #classichacks #typewriter #solenoid #printer #matrix #mosfet #parts

#Printer trays should always be big enough to hold a full ream of paper