I want to acquire a printer soon, mainly to print Communist propaganda (flyers, and zines principally). Would like to get something with a minimum of proprietary bullshit, that is relatively cheap to operate/ maintain and which ideally isn’t just complete spyware. Not sure such things exist, but would appreciate advice
Color printing:
If you’ve got a Linux box and kind find a second hand HP Envy 5000 series inkjet, the tools to install to make it work seem to get around all of the HP company bullshit. Wired and wireless works on my ancient computers at home with the only “issues” that the ink level meter doesn’t work on and occassionally the IP address of the printer changes slightly after a power outtage which is fixed by manually editing the IP address on my computer.
Black and White:
Look around for refurbished business surplus Brother or HP printers. Toner will last quite a while and they are kinda tanky. House pets have gotten caught in the wires of the Brother printer I got second hand almost 10 years ago and drug it off the shelf… and it still mostly prints okay.
And yeah, tactical_trans_karen’s got something to keep in mind as well.