Java Jive <ja...@evij.com.invalid> wrote:
> On 21/08/2022 22:28, Tim+ wrote:
> >
> > Java Jive <ja...@evij.com.invalid> wrote:
> >>
> >> Actually, that's my experience with Canon inkjets also, my current one
> >> now only prints B&W, because the colour nozzles seem to be irretrievably
> >> clogged, or at any rate non-functioning. I'm thinking about a colour
> >> laser as a replacement, but haven't got further than just thinking as yet.
> >
> > We love our colour laser. It just fucking works, when you want it to. No
> > rolling of celestial dice first to determine whether today is going to be a
> > “good day” and it’s going to print. It jut does. Doesn’t scan which is a
> > bit irritating but for the money we’re happy.
> >
> > (A Brother HL-L8260CDW)
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. Some very good reviews, but a few issues
> also, particularly that once it goes into Auto Power Off, it won't wake
> up again, and maybe, even worse, you may have to reconfigure the network
> connections:
I've had that exact printer for about 4 years, never had that problem. It
just sits there until you send something to print, then it comes to life.
It's on wifi and doesn't disconnect when it's gone to sleep. It's also
there when using Airprint. It always says 'sleep' not 'deep sleep'.
Maybe it's a new thing on recent firmware? I have 'Sleep Time' set to 1
minute and 'Auto Power Off' to 2 hours (from 'off'/1/2/4/8hr). I'm on
MAIN firmware 1.14 and SUB1 version 1.05. IMX printer firmware gets worse
over time (more DRM shenanigans) so better not to upgrade.
I can concur with the 'JFW'. It also has cheap aftermarket cartridges: about
£35 for the full set.
> You'd've thought that by now a major printer manufacturer would have got
> such a thing sussed. However, it might not be a problem for me, because
> I don't need to print very much these days anyway, so I'd probably
> switch it off when not in use, as long as I didn't have to reconfigure
> the network setting every time I did so. However, by the same token,
> that's quite a lot to pay for something not going to be used very often,
> especially as one reviewer was disappointed in the colour printing of
> photographs.
I have no idea why people are reconfiguring the network - if the thing goes
to deep sleep, press the button to wake it up. If it's lost its DHCP
address while asleep, maybe that's confusing their PC's printing settings
(hostname won't resolve etc) - I have my router giving out a constant
address which avoids any issue there, and I set up drivers etc with that IP.
If the deep sleep bothers you, find an older one used?
(Mine was new, about £100 after cashback which they do from time to time)
No laser printer is good with photos - if you want that you need an inkjet.
But there you have to play the nozzle cleaning / dry cartridge / DRM
roulette. (I have an Epson XP970 A3 photo inkjet and it's orders of
magnitude more hassle than the laser)
Theo