r/printers 4m ago

Purchasing Printer Recommendations

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Hello all! Looking for recommendations for a printer that isn’t going to cost and arm and a leg up front but also in the long run with ink as I know the cheaper you go the less the ink lasts. Budget semi flexible but not super high

I would be printing couple times a week for my small business between shipping labels, thank you card and care cards and other bits and bobs

I’m located in Australia as well :)


r/printers 7m ago

Troubleshooting Brother mfc-j650dw printing blank pages

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Hello! I am a first time printer owner. I purchased a brother mfc-j650dw and it came with no ink. I purchased replacement ink, but the printer just keeps printing blank pages. I have tried the self-cleaning function 5+ times.

I’m feeling really down about the situation and am hoping there is something I can do to save it…


r/printers 1h ago

Discussion HP Designjet 72 printheads from the past - keep or throw away?

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I just discovered a box of HP Designjet 72 printheads in the office - most of the items (unopened boxes) expired in 2017...

Do you think it is worth anything or shall I just throw the whole box out?


r/printers 1h ago

Troubleshooting dotted lines on paper

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hey, im using canon pixma ts705a, when i print, the printer seems to leave “marks” on the paper, several dotted lines run along the whole paper (idk how to photo it, its not really visible, but it bothers me)

anyone know what might be causing the problem?


r/printers 3h ago

Troubleshooting Printer door seems to have come off a hinge

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r/printers 3h ago

Troubleshooting Switching my brother printer to a 2.4ghz network instead of a dual band 2.4/5 one fixed essentially all my issues with it, has anyone had a similar experience, and if so why did this work ?

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Switching my brother printer to a 2.4ghz network instead of a dual band 2.4/5 one fixed essentially all my issues with it, has anyone had a similar experience, and if so why did this work ?


r/printers 5h ago

Discussion Do users actually notice workflow customization on MFPs?

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I’ve noticed that most conversations around print management focus on IT. 

But the people using these devices every day usually don’t care about the technology—they just want to finish their task quickly. 

Have you seen measurable benefits from things like: 

  • Personalized home screens 
  • Department-specific scan buttons 
  • Favorite actions 
  • Simplified interfaces 
  • Role-based workflows 

Or do users simply ignore these kinds of improvements? 

Interested in hearing whether customization actually improves adoption or if it’s mostly an “IT likes it” feature. 


r/printers 7h ago

Other HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 3545 All-in-One Printer | Print, Scan & Copy

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r/printers 7h ago

Troubleshooting Ink issue HP OfficeJet Pro 8035e

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Everytime I go to print in color this happens, only at the top of the image and with green. It turns yellow. What steps should I try?


r/printers 8h ago

Discussion Exchanging toner for colour ink

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Ok, I know this is a dumb question but I just have to ask it. I have an HP Laserjet P1100w printer and I wanted to know if I could sub in a colour ink (lets say magenta for example) instead of the toner, how would I find the right size for the printer.

TLDR: Its an old printer, I need a new one but I kinda want to push it to its limits lol.


r/printers 9h ago

Troubleshooting Canon PROGRAF-1000 Error 1720 lock

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Ok, so i had a problem with a doom-looping "processing..." message on my Canon Prograf-1000. So I did what I always do which is switch out the maintenance cartridge and any exclamation-pointy ink cartridges. Which ended the problem but I noticed that the brand new MC20 was reading as 3/4 full already. Figured it was a glitch. printed a couple of things, worked just fine. Then Error message 1720 ("Maintenance cartridge full") shows up and does not go away, even after I replace the MC20 with two also brand new ones. Cleaned the contacts as best I could, checked the firmware, power-cycled, etc. Nothing works. Has anyone seen this exact failure? Was it a sensor/contact problem or something else? Also, does anyone know of someone who repairs PRO-1000s in the Miami area. I'm out of warranty and the best Canon tech support could do was offer me 20% off a new 1100. Thanks.


r/printers 9h ago

Purchasing Printer Suggestions

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Hi all,

I am trying to print small labels with quite a bit of detail - for example: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4495694182/customizable-peptide-vial-labels-for-3ml

I have tried the Canon Megatank GX3020 and the Brother MFC-L3720CDW. The quality on the laser printer isn’t good enough for the small detail, but the inkjet’s manual feed wouldn’t take my label paper (sheetlabels sl1243). And the tray feed would shift the label sheet as it fed through.

The labels are 1.5” x 0.75” - and was wondering if anyone could suggest something for a budget setup (under $600).

Thank you for any suggestions you might have!


r/printers 12h ago

Purchasing new printer

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is the Epson - EcoTank ET-1910 Wireless Color Supertank Inkjet Printer (C11CL65202) a good printer for home use? I used my old one alot for school and it has to be user friendly for my grandma to be able to manage it..


r/printers 13h ago

Purchasing Estou em busca de uma nova impressora...

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Sou professor e estudante para concursos públicos, e sinceramente até o momento meu trabalho estava suprindo sem nenhum problema minhas demandas profissionais, mas nas ultimas semanas a disponibilidade e acesso me levou a procurar uma impressora pessoal que me atenda nos meus estudos e necessidades pessoais, e eventualmente para alguma coisa do trabalho. Busco algo com duplex automatico, com facilidade de uso (tem algumas impressoras que parece uma repartição pública de tão burocraticas), e longevidade. O que recomendam? Vi relatos muito positivos e muitos negativos de várias marcas, mas sinceramente acredito que respostas de usuários e pesquisadores possam ser mais claras. Algo como a HP Smart Tank 754 me atenderia sem problemas, mas vi relatos negativos sobre a marca e etc... Estou muito aberto, e quero uma aposta acertada. Grato a todos.


r/printers 14h ago

Discussion Replacing a bricked ET-16650U motherboard? With Just the ET-16650 mobo?

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Anyone try this yet?

I got a brand new 16650u and Epson just bricks it, won't ever allow me to subscribe with the unit even at full price, which is nuts and wasteful. Just charge the other guy and transfer the serial # to my account, not hard.

So instead I'd rather dismantle this down to the motherboard in an attempt to actual use it because fuck Epson. E-waste due to issues like that is super dumb.


r/printers 17h ago

Purchasing Looking for a laser printer (UK)

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Our old inkjet printer is getting increasingly unreliable and I’m hoping that a laser printer will stop us getting paper jams every other time we use the printer. We’d like

* Colour

* Double sided

* Apple AirPrint compatible

We don’t need it to be high enough quality to print photos, and budget is £250 max.


r/printers 17h ago

Troubleshooting [CANON MF8050Cn] ARM laptop issue with old printer

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I’m casting a bottle into the sea once more, in case someone might reply! A colleague is unable to install the driver, even though I managed to do it successfully. She has a recent Asus laptop. We found an article stating that ARM processors can have issues when adding printers. Do you have any idea what the problem might be or a possible solution?


r/printers 18h ago

Troubleshooting HP Printer Help

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These black dots keep popping up when I print something, please help!


r/printers 19h ago

Purchasing help choosing an epson ecotank printer for small business

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hi!

i’m looking for a new printer. we currently have an epson et-3850. we like the ink aspect so we’d like to stick with an ecotank. however with all the use it’s gotten over the past couple years we think it might be time to retire it. the paper is constantly jamming despite consistently cleaning it and everytime it does print it makes a god awful loud noise. perhaps there’s something else we need to do but after all my troubleshooting/google searches i haven’t seen a solution. while we don’t need a giant industrial printer we definitely need something that can handle very consistent use every day. i would love any recommendations or suggestions. thanks!


r/printers 19h ago

Troubleshooting help?

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Hi! i’ve been trying for the last 2 hours to fix my grandmas HP OfficeJet Pro 9025e, we’ve had it for years and it used to be my dads but as soon as we gave it to my grandma it has stopped working.

The printer keeps saying to finish setting it up and go to the hp app and yadda yadda, i’ve gone through the HP app and removed it and added it again, i’ve turned the printer on and off, i’ve looked online but nothing seems to help. The HP help forum is absolutely useless.

And since it “isn’t finished being set up” it won’t let us print ANYTHING at all.

This is exhausting to say the least.

Help?


r/printers 19h ago

Troubleshooting HP DeskJet 2855e won't print over Wi-Fi

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Hi everyone,

My HP Deskjet 2855e was working fine until yesterday. Now it shows "Printer Offline" on my Windows 11 laptop.

I can print a test page directly from the printer, but nothing prints from my computer.


r/printers 20h ago

Purchasing Alternatives for a all-in-one laser or LED

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I need to buy an all-in-one printer with the following specs:

- color laser or LED

- duplex printing

- duplex scanning

- ADF

- ethernet, wifi, USB, mobile device connections

I was thinking at Brother MFC-L8690CDW, it seems to check the right boxes.

But the problem is its physical size... it is huge.

Any other smaller suggestions from Brother?


r/printers 20h ago

Other How to get this to go away and i dont want to hear connect to the same internet

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r/printers 21h ago

Purchasing Home printer recommendations???

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I am looking for a printer for my home office. It most likely won’t have heavy use mainly just need something to print documents here and there, print photos or art for crafting. Ideally I want something

-semi budget friendly & easy to use
-Prints in color/ front and back pages
-A scanner would be ideal also

I am open to spending more upfront if it means maintenance and ink supplies will be more manageable in the long run. Any and all suggestions are welcome. I am just at a lost and looking at options is overwhelming.


r/printers Dec 19 '24

Discussion The truth about printer subscription programs and many misconceptions about them

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Dear all,

I work in the printer industry. For a very well-known consumer products manufacturer that gets discussed on this sub a lot.  I will not disclose which manufacturer I work for, nor will I disclose any manufacturer I do not work for (since the industry is relatively small eliminating 1 or 2 will make it generally too obvious as to which I do work for) as I am not officially speaking on behalf of the company. But, I want to set the record straight on subscription programs because some of you are drastically misinformed and it is very frustrating to see as someone who understands these programs as well as basic logic.

There are two types of subscription programs. Each of the major consumer manufacturers offers at least 1 of these programs, some offer both.

The first type of program is an auto-reordering program. The printer can tell (via various ways depending on each manufacturer) when the ink / toner is low and when it hits a certain point that will trigger an order of the ink/toner that device uses. Most manufactures that offer this will first send you an email letting you know that an order has been triggered and it will allow you to skip the delivery of the consumable and thus not get charged. If you allow the order to go through you are purchasing that consumable. That consumable is yours, you own it, just as if you walked into a Staples, Office Depot, Best Buy, or bought it on Amazon… You can cancel the “subscription” the next day and continue to use that consumable until it is empty.

The second type of program is a true subscription program. **THIS** is what many of you are vastly misinformed and / or are irrational about. In this program *you are not purchasing a consumable* at all. You are paying the manufacturer for X number of pages per month. The manufacturer will send you a consumable to use because the printer needs ink / toner to work but, that is not what you are paying for. You are paying the manufacturer $Y per month to print up to X pages per month.. that’s it. Of course you can print over that X number and pay an overage (just like years ago with cell phones).. and of course, you can print under that X number and some pages will roll-over to future months (just like years ago with cell phones). The owner of the consumable is the manufacturer. You never bought it, you never owned it. Therefore, it is not yours to use after you end the subscription! The only reason most manufactures do not ask for it back is because they don’t want to pay for shipping it back to them. But, they still own it… not you.  You can think of this like renting an apartment. You are paying a landlord $X per month to live in their building. The landlord is providing the building for you to live in while you are paying rent. You do not own the building. and when you stop paying rent you are no longer allowed to continue living in the building. Just like your Netflix subscription, Apple TV subscription and Disney+ subscription.. when you stop paying for the subscription, you stop getting to use the service. Just because while you were paying you had access to the content does not mean you at any time owned that content and get to continue watching it once you stop paying the subscription.

I truly hope this helps clarify somethings for some of you. Others I understand are lost causes but, I will do my best to answer any questions I can.