[HN Gopher] Ask HN: When did you stop using printers and why?
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       Ask HN: When did you stop using printers and why?
        
       Did you stop after a specific event? If so, which one?
        
       Author : amichail
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2022-09-25 22:08 UTC (53 minutes ago)
        
       | hirundo wrote:
       | Count me out. I still use a monochrome laser printer occasionally
       | for personal business, and have fun covering the walls with
       | prints from a big photo printer. James Webb's Neptune is the
       | latest.
        
       | frompdx wrote:
       | Personally, I never stopped because there are still occasions
       | where the best way to view something is in printed form. Those
       | occasions get fewer by the year of course. For example, in the
       | past I would print directions from MapQuest, and later Google
       | Maps. Phone apps have eliminated the need and made getting
       | directions somewhere much better. On the other hand, I do a lot
       | of interviews and read a lot of resumes. Those are generally
       | intended for print form, and I prefer to print them out.
       | 
       | Also, with a good laser printer there is no need to stop
       | printing. It took 10 years to use the toner cartridge in by
       | Brother printer. I'm hoping for 10 more out of the new cartridge
       | I just bought.
        
         | killjoywashere wrote:
         | Uh, which Brother printer is this? We probably go through a
         | cartridge every several months.
        
       | tony-allan wrote:
       | After I brought my first iPad I realised that I was reviewing
       | documents using the iPad rather than paper. I just stopped
       | printing after that.
        
       | daggersandscars wrote:
       | I stopped using photo printers after realizing I could not use
       | them frequently enough to keep the inks from drying out. It was
       | cheaper to pay a professional print place for the few times I
       | needed a print.
       | 
       | I stopped using b&w printers for personal use when I got multiple
       | monitors / a monitor big enough to show reference material +
       | workspace. I still have a b&w laser for when hard copies are
       | required by 3rd parties.
        
       | omnicognate wrote:
       | I just woke up one morning and realised the printers had been
       | using me all along.
        
       | arthurcolle wrote:
       | I use printers for reading technical papers and sometimes code
       | documentation. I use a brother laserjet, I hate it because I have
       | to use a USB because the wifi connection never seems to work
       | properly
        
       | chomp wrote:
       | Never. My kids enjoy coloring pages, I have legal docs that need
       | signing and scanning, and my wife teaches at a local college.
       | Printer is pretty busy.
        
       | thayne wrote:
       | I stopped owning a printer when the one I had in college stopped
       | working, and I realized it was cheaper to pay 10-20 cents per
       | page to print at the library on the rare occasion I needed to
       | print something, than to buy a new printer and ink. And honestly,
       | it was less of a hastle than printing with a cheap home printer
       | too (at least since I go to the library fairly often anyways).
       | 
       | Oh and now I don't need space for a printer either.
        
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