• CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world
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    19 minutes ago

    I like the noises. At least you know it’s doing something and you don’t have to troubleshoot some print server.

  • dmention7@midwest.social
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    45 minutes ago

    Meanwhile, an ancient Brother wifi laser printer that I haven’t used in 3 years and frankly forgot I had, moments after I clicked on it instead of “print to pdf”: whirrs to life 3 seconds later and prints a perfect smudge-free copy

    • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
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      30 minutes ago

      I just looked at a Brother laser. Every new customer says not to buy it, because even though it’s being sold, it’s not supported anymore and it’s impossible to download a functional driver.

  • Quadhammer@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Go back in time to the 90s to tell your kid self who’s waiting for boobs to load on dial up: “I’m you from 2026 and it will still take 10 to 15 minutes to load up your mom’s computer to print a single document! Why? Because Microsoft is shit. Also buy bitcoin and Google stock”

    • criticon@lemmy.ca
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      54 minutes ago

      You have to specify when to sell the bitcoin. I lost my hard drive containing a few of them but I’m sure I would have gotten a pizza or some stuff from compusa when they started accepting them