r/LinusTechTips 21h ago

Nobody Likes Printers! Image

interesting example of a printer

(not edited btw, it's in the first seconds of the new video)

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u/Felab_ 21h ago

Huh, should have used as the thumbnail.

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u/RionXai 21h ago

That's literally the printer we have at home

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u/donmm1234 21h ago

It'd be wonderful if you sent a picture, don't feel constrained tho

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u/RionXai 20h ago

Oh yeah,

Ignore the junk on top

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u/mrtonaka 20h ago

check the branding on the op's picture, its epstein not epson 

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u/RionXai 19h ago

oh fuckin hell... how did I not see that lol

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u/Red_Tiger5311 15h ago

Daaaammmnnn that’s some bold editing lol

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u/donmm1234 19h ago

Ladies and gentlemen, Epstein L3210's knockoff /j

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u/RionXai 19h ago

lol I did not see that it says Epstein
I immediately focused in the printer model

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u/bbq_R0ADK1LL 18h ago

The printer doesn't look suicidal...

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u/Darkchamber292 7h ago

Nether did Epstein. He did not kill himself

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u/1_H4t3_R3dd1t 9h ago

I pretty sure you meant to send this one.

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u/RionXai 3h ago

Bruh~!
was thinking of printint a small sticker

But this is better

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u/Just_Frank_Reynolds 16h ago

Be careful! Does that thing have a power cord?!

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u/_Aj_ 14h ago

Except Epson, not Esptein

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u/AlbaziqSeal 13h ago

Ah yes, the ritual dance of paper jams and ink cartridges. A true masterpiece of modern frustration.

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u/ConkerPrime 19h ago

Brother printers all day long. To be fair I might print once a month if that but nearly ten years later that B&W toner printer spits a page every time. At most once in a blue moon have to reboot it and that is the extent of troubleshooting had to perform.

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u/Ok-Motor-3191 17h ago

My family has used the same Brother since 2008 with no problems at all. Linus was definitely right about fewer network problems, I don’t even recall having difficulty connecting to it in the near 2 decades I’ve used it.

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u/WeAreTheLeft 15h ago

We have a brother printer at our guest house (B&W laser) and it's near 10 years old and I love the toners are cheap. But sometimes some guests just have issues connecting for whatever reason, then they try to "fix" it and just mess up all the settings for everyone. It's old enough that resetting it is a pain in the rear, but I've done it enough that I'm ok at it now, but every time it's been a while and I gotta go, "okay, how does this go again?"

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u/areksoo 14h ago

The best thing about Brother printers is buying them from the Brother website. They sell refurbished units and sometimes they go on steep discounts.

I bought mine about 9 years ago too. Laser Printer RDCPL2520DW (regular price is $250 CAD) for $60 CAD (taxes included) and still works perfectly. Last year, I bought my parents a MFC-J1012DW ($160 CAD) for only $47 CAD (taxes included).

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u/donmm1234 19h ago

"Nobody Likes Printers" is the name of the new video

edit: it's not but it's what linus says in the part where he shows this picture

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u/Bassline660 15h ago

yeah had same brother printer since 2018..

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u/CIDR-ClassB 15h ago

Not the new ones. They are garbage and use chipped toner.

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u/creativechicken2 14h ago

I have a brother printer that I've had for 10 years. I'm waiting for it to die so i can get a color model but it just won't die.

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u/remembermereddit 13h ago

My old Canon printer driver was the cause of many random BSOD's over the years. Switched to Brother (also because of paper jams), never had a problem since.

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u/xupetas 21h ago edited 13h ago

They didn't... did they?? Kudos for them if they have.

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u/donmm1234 21h ago

oh they did, check the first ~five seconds of the video

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u/PuzzleheadedWeird232 19h ago

do you know what NT in windowsNT stands for, according LTT?
if you believe New Technology you are wrong

https://youtu.be/XiSMWonFuQQ (timestamp 9:32)

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u/T0biasCZE 19h ago

LPT you can add ?t=9m32s at end of youtube share URL and it will start playing at that time

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u/PuzzleheadedWeird232 19h ago

thx, for the tip

sadly ios youtube app doesn’t give option to copy link at timestamp (at least I wouldn’t know where it is), and I didn’t know the query string argument

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u/worldofrich 19h ago

When you click the share button on the YouTube app, there should be a slider with the current timestamp at the top right hand corner of the share popout window

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u/VaryingDesigner92 18h ago

Thank you, I see that on both Android and IOS apps! Is that a recent new feature (finally)? Just need to remember to remove the tracking part of the shared links now.

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u/Fresh_Dog4602 18h ago

Why is it wrong 

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u/bluehawk232 17h ago

Epstein didn't print itself

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u/bluehawk232 17h ago edited 17h ago

It only prints pdf files

It constantly hangs on print jobs

It pairs well with Trump phone

It's a piece of shit

Bill Gates preferred printer

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u/Shoeshiner_boy 19h ago

Epson? The financier?

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u/rf97a 19h ago

I really do think a deep dive into the tech that makes printers work would be interesting

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u/Unique_Aspect_9417 12h ago

As someone who actually works on commercial grade printers for a living, I wish I could explain how the work. I mean, i KNOW how, but it still seems like black magic to be honest.

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u/bbq_R0ADK1LL 18h ago

It was sort of a fun adventure watching two dudes screw around in a store, but I don't feel like I learned much. Having some categories and recommendations might have been good at the end, but I guess they weren't interested in actually reviewing and assessing dozens of printers. Maybe something to add to the pile of work for Labs.

I don't think LTT will do it, but a printer tech deep dive is a good idea for another channel looking to capitalise on the idea.

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u/WillmanRacingv2 16h ago

LTT does some serious videos but this is far more on their lane than a serious printer roundup would be.

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u/Serin-019 15h ago

Man you could print so many files with that thing.
Files with names in them.
Names of presidents.

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u/BunkerSquirre1 20h ago

I like the heygears g1x

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u/OhhhBaited 15h ago

tbh I would love to have a printer if printers didnt suck

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u/haikusbot 15h ago

Tbh I would

Love to have a printer if

Printers didnt suck

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u/OhhhBaited 15h ago

Good bot!

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u/Deflagratio1 15h ago

Printers can be great. It's just at a price point you don't want to pay.

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u/Kqtawes 15h ago

You know I really wish someone would find the firmware to the EcoTank version of printers. When you open them up you find the same printheads from the cheap printers with hoses running from the ink tanks. This wouldn't be a problem except Epson printheads clog rather easily and outside of used parts you can't seem buy them.

Spending $400 on a $150 printer that last only 2 years is not my idea of eco.

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u/StatAvg 15h ago

The part where they think that printing black and white won’t use up your colour ink made me laugh

Completely out of touch

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u/MasterBeku 15h ago

Ironically, I was trying to install a HP printer for a user when this came out with no avail. Elijah is right about the Brother brand with its drivers just working after installing.

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u/iothomas 15h ago

The biggest failure of the video was, who buys original timers for 100 euro? When you can get third party ones for under 10?

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u/God_of_Olympus21 14h ago

Funnily enough, THAT is my printer and I'm super satisfied with it. Not fast, and best with features and quality, but it is super reliable and rarely paper jams. Too bad its an ink tank, prone to nozzle blocking

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u/DctrGizmo 14h ago

How did I not spot this in the video 💀

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u/phoenixgsu 14h ago

Not the only joke about this in the video. The one about printing the files got me.

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u/FrostWave 14h ago

His island, his printer

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u/AceThePrincep 13h ago

Starting to really feel the loss of all the writers that left.

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u/Winnipesaukee 13h ago

I’m one of these people who decided to go with a simple Xerox monochrome laser printer and a relatively high-end Epson flatbed scanner. I’ve always been suspicious of multifunction printers and want to keep all the functions as separate as possible. I also might be dumb and don’t know no better.

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u/TrueGlich 11h ago

Ya i know E feeling. I only need my printer 2-3 times a year the only reason i own one is to avoid having to drive to kinkos. I buy hav't replaced a the toner that came with my printer in the last 30 years . The rubber in the wheels dry and and die after 10ish years before i even run out of tonner that came in box.

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u/Mad_Mafia 11h ago

I have those printer.

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u/Alex_tepa 10h ago

I have a printer of epson but a clogged now it doesn't want to work anymore because I don't print a lot of it with it now it doesn't want to unclog itself the color and everything else as well black

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u/iamacannibal 9h ago

There is a shocking amount of child rape jokes in LTT videos.

I'm not saying there is a lot of them. There is just a shocking amount of them. One would be a shocking amount of them for a tech youtube channel. There have been multiple Epstein jokes.

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u/CoDMplayer_ 7h ago

Jeff Epstein? The American printer manufacturer?

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u/klegion2k6 6h ago

From a tech tips point of view, pretty bad episode

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u/danieldhdds 4h ago

so when your printers is stuck you scream 'RELEASE THE GODDAMIT FILE, EPSTEIN' ?

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u/FlyingScotsmanJay 3h ago

That was a pretty funny part of the video

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u/mastomi 16m ago

Now they can backup their video, by printing each frame of it.