I just unpacked a new #printer and scanner combo and it ... just works?

defnull

WiFi printer and scanner were immediately detected by #Linux with all settings and features.

#HomeAssistant shows a ton of sensor values: page counts, toner, component lifetimes, ...

I can print from #android without any extra app.

It asked me how I want to update (auto, just check, not at all) and asked me to change the default password. No cloud 'features', so no #GDPR dialog to accept.

Edit: #Brother DCP-L3560CDW

Kevin Karhan :verified:

@defnull noice lemme guess: #Xerox?

defnull

It's a #Brother DCP-L3560CDW by the way. I'm never buying #HP ever again.

Chipotle Axolotl (aka Julian)

@defnull Yes, please name the brand, I would be very interested in going full Michael Bolton on my HP Inkscam 2000

defnull

@julianlawson I should have mentioned the brand in the first post It's a Brother DCP-L3560CDW

sudonem

@defnull My first thought, before I saw your follow up message, was “It must be a Brother printer”.

I admit that I don’t print a great deal these days - but I’ve got a Brother laser printer, as well as a thermal printer for shipping labels and they’re just rock solid and unproblematic for Linux, Windows and MacOS.

I only JUST replaced my laser printer a few months ago after almost 7 years of perfect service from the last one.

Perhaps I’ll consider other options if I ever get back into doing high quality photographic prints - but for literally anything else there’s no reason to look elsewhere.

Chipotle Axolotl (aka Julian)

@defnull I did not know that Brother also makes sewing machines, but that makes a lot of sense! Intricate feedy machinery to make things.

Curious

@defnull ah yes brother printer, they have this oddball strategy of actually making functional printers.

You had me worried, if you'd said it was a hp I'd known you"d fallen the chunk of pre-obsolescenced micro-transaction-wear had hit you on the head and you were delusional so glad it wasn't the case.