Good Printer without subscription

[Flame]

is it possible to buy a good printer without subscription these days?

or any alternate solution.

 

[KleinesSinchen]

What on Earth does a printer need a subscription for!?
Call me stupid, but I do not even understand this. I'm serious.

Since consumer printers, especially inkjets, are garbage right from factory on (my ink printer with CD/DVD printing function failed right after warranty expired – some coincidence, huh) it might be worth a try looking at used printers from an formally upper price range.
Might be troublesome with drivers if using modern Windows, but generally old laser printers are neigh indestructible

 

[Flame]

What on Earth does a printer need a subscription for!?

well, how is the printer mafia going to make money?

 

[emigre]

IIRC Brother printers don't deal with this bullshit. Alternatively get a second hand one, I use an older HP printer and just buy cartridges.

What on Earth does a printer need a subscription for!?
Call me stupid, but I do not even understand this. I'm serious.

Fuck big printer

 

[SAIYAN48]

If you don't want to go ancient, Brother and Epson should be decent.

 

[tech3475]

is it possible to buy a good printer without subscription these days?

or any alternate solution.

In terms of consumer printers, AFAIK they're all optional.

Although you may want to be careful with ones that lock out third party ink/toner or just get the ink tank systems.

What on Earth does a printer need a subscription for!?
Call me stupid, but I do not even understand this. I'm serious.

The ones I'm aware of basically act as an alternative to just buying ink/toner.

Years ago I had HP Instant Ink which gave me about 50 pages per month.

It has it's swings and roundabouts because it meant I could print full page colour without worrying about how much ink I was using, however, it also meant I had to be careful with what was being printed e.g. pages with a single line of text.

People have made mistakes with these though, mainly thinking that they can still use the ink after they cancel the plan, which whilst on the surface wasteful makes sense from a business stand point and it was clear to me from the start what I was paying for.

It does also require the printer to be connected to the internet.

Note: I haven't been subscribed for a few years due to price rises making it no longer worthwhile.