Malware threat from third-party cartridges nothing compared to threat to HP's bottom line
  • helmet91@lemmy.worldEnglish
    48·
    10 months ago

    Buying HP products is bad investment.

    I only had the chance to two of their inkjet printers and one of their office laser printers, plus an elitebook laptop. In short, all of them suck.

    Much better (to me, the best) alternatives, that I can safely say are good investments: Canon for inkjet printers, ThinkPad T and P series for laptops. Those are quality products. Unfortunately I don’t have any experience with other office laser printers, so I cannot recommend one.

    Edit: specified which series of ThankPads are still good.

      • helmet91@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        Well, I guess it depends on the use case. For me, mine was a damn good investment for sure.

        • Aasikki@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          21·
          10 months ago

          Well if you print lots of photos then maybe but that’s about it.

          • locuester@lemmy.zipEnglish
            11·
            10 months ago

            If you print lots of photos in the USA, printing to the nearest drugstore (Walgreens, rite aid) is certainly cheaper.

            If you print a lot of documents in the USA, printing at the library is often free, sometimes a small fee.

            Not sure on other countries, but here in the USA, I’ve found a printer completely unnecessary.

            • Aasikki@sopuli.xyzEnglish
              1·
              10 months ago

              I kinda agree about the photos, but when printing documents, it’s almost always something I need immediately. Going to the library is quite inconvenient.

              I bought a used brother laser printer for 15€ and got two 1000 page toner Cartridges for it for 20€. That’s quite a lot of printing for 35€ total and that will be enough for years with my needs. Definitely worth the convenience imo.

              • locuester@lemmy.zipEnglish
                1·
                10 months ago

                I agree. I have a brother laser printer. However, I’m currently traveling and have it packed away in a trailer. I’ve found the library more convenient than unpacking it. For now. Haha

        • locuester@lemmy.zipEnglish
          12·
          10 months ago

          Can’t you use the drug store for photos and the library for documents?

    • DrMango@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      10 months ago

      ThinkPad is now Lenovo just FYI. They were acquired some years ago and now Lenovo makes and sells the ThinkPad line of hardware