I thought yellow was mainly used for that, and cyan was used to enrich/enhance the deepness of the black or something. I remember something about blues being combined with black ink for that reason at least. Either way, screw inkjets, all my homies use laser.
Bit of a clarification, tracking dots is not a specific federal law, it is worse. Printer manufacturers voluntarily agreed to this deal with the US government and also agreed to keep it a secret.
It still got worse somehow. Old printers at least could have been fixed a lot better, the ink cartridges could be filled a few times, and they didn't just hold 2ml of ink.
Came across a printer that had the hp instant ink cartridge installed. It will only print with the subscription. They had it, but it was not enrolled. So do the enrollment, which requires you to print and scan a page for some reason. Guess what, can't print out the enrollment as it has an instant ink cartridge in.
Why is that? Usually I read about brother laser printers being the decent non-enshittified ones. I‘ve had one for half a year now and it’s fine so far.
I have a brother colour laser printer that's been complaining about being low on magenta for like... a year now. Still prints black and white just fine.
But what about all the other phantom functions? Did you ever ask it to print something and it wouldn't, and then 3 months later randomly in the middle of the night it finally printed that thing you wanted 3 months ago? It did that to me several times and I was sick of its shit and it did a lot of other insane things too. It was also one of those things that required Wi-Fi though I have no idea why it wouldn't work without Wi-Fi, and its connectivity was always glitching, which interfered with its ability to print at all. I'm grateful for Costco's generous return policy.
33 Comments
joyjoy@lemmy.zip · 51 pts · 233d
It's because it has to print a unique watermark by federal law.
shalafi@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 233d
Yep. Quit screwing around with color inkjet and get a cheap B&W toner machine.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 18 pts · 233d
Fuck inkjet. If someone gave me one I'd go Office Space on it and throw the remnants away so it can never harm someone else.
Grimtuck@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 232d
PC LOAD LETTER!?!?
PineRune@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 232d
I thought yellow was mainly used for that, and cyan was used to enrich/enhance the deepness of the black or something. I remember something about blues being combined with black ink for that reason at least. Either way, screw inkjets, all my homies use laser.
Bubs@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 232d
From everything that I've heard and seen, you are correct.
The hidden dot pattern is yellow - It's the easiest color to hide. I've always heard that cyan is used to improve the black too.
BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 232d
Bit of a clarification, tracking dots is not a specific federal law, it is worse. Printer manufacturers voluntarily agreed to this deal with the US government and also agreed to keep it a secret.
FireWire400@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 232d
That's an American thing, isn't it?
Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 23 pts · 232d
I had an all in one a decade ago (think epson?).
I couldn't scan a document because it was low on some color.
TheOakTree@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 232d
You see, the ink helps the printer feel confident enough to scan your documents
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 228d
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 233d
Enshittification.
pipe01@programming.dev · 10 pts · 233d
Nah they were shit from day 1
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 232d
It still got worse somehow. Old printers at least could have been fixed a lot better, the ink cartridges could be filled a few times, and they didn't just hold 2ml of ink.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 15 pts · 232d
Chapter 2
So I got a new Cyan capsule and changed it. Now it says low on black.
FireWire400@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 232d
Huh, now it says "Inserted Ink Cartridge is not original. Self destructing now."
purplemonkeymad@programming.dev · 5 pts · 232d
Came across a printer that had the hp instant ink cartridge installed. It will only print with the subscription. They had it, but it was not enrolled. So do the enrollment, which requires you to print and scan a page for some reason. Guess what, can't print out the enrollment as it has an instant ink cartridge in.
FreddiesLantern@leminal.space · 11 pts · 232d
Never buying an inkjet again. POS.
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 233d
Never gets old, sadly
Haaveilija@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 232d
Inserts cyan-ide capsule to printer
RunningInRVA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 233d
PC Load Letter?
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 233d
lp0 on fire
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 232d
I so hope that open source printer is successful. It may even be enough to convince me to choose to own a printer.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 232d
I returned my brother laser printer to Costco in 2019. I will never buy a printer ever again.
Pechente@feddit.org · 4 pts · 232d
Why is that? Usually I read about brother laser printers being the decent non-enshittified ones. I‘ve had one for half a year now and it’s fine so far.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 232d
Go back and read that cartoon up there. That's why. All printers have become enshittified. Brother is no exception.
vithigar@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 232d
I have a brother colour laser printer that's been complaining about being low on magenta for like... a year now. Still prints black and white just fine.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 232d
But what about all the other phantom functions? Did you ever ask it to print something and it wouldn't, and then 3 months later randomly in the middle of the night it finally printed that thing you wanted 3 months ago? It did that to me several times and I was sick of its shit and it did a lot of other insane things too. It was also one of those things that required Wi-Fi though I have no idea why it wouldn't work without Wi-Fi, and its connectivity was always glitching, which interfered with its ability to print at all. I'm grateful for Costco's generous return policy.
vithigar@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 232d
No, it never did anything like that. It also works just fine without wifi using a USB connection.
MotoAsh@piefed.social · 2 pts · 232d
Did you buy an inkjet and expect it to be amazing and last for ever because it was a Brother printer?
vaionko@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 232d
Yeah I don't think a B&W printer will complain about being out of a colour
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 232d
It was a color laser printer. I had it for less than a year.
MOARbid1@piefed.social · 1 pts · 233d
I love this.
Thavron@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 232d
"Use black ink only"