• dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Lame. I still hold that the Canon Pixma iP5000 was one of if not the greatest consumer inkjet printers ever made. Nowadays, it seems that all inkjet models are just cash grab vehicles for their manufacturers. You find this behavior all over the industry.

    I switched to laser (a Canon, as it happens – it’s what was on sale at the time) and never looked back. I buy knockoff clone toner cartridges for it and they last for ages and ages.

    • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      You’re right about Pixma printers. My old Pixma was used for color printing, lasted for many years too and worked great no matter how infrequently it was used. I’m still using a ~15 year old Canon D480 laser that’s falling apart because the plastic is getting brittle after so many years. Been using 3rd party cartridges in that one too.

      Although a photo printer would be nice, after throwing away multiple Epson, Canon, and HP inkjet printers (like millions of other consumers) I won’t ever buy another one. These companies have killed their own market.