petermorwood:

puppygirl-hornyposting2:

I read somewhere, and believe it, that inkjet printers work on the modified Gillette razor principal: sell the initial product cheap and profit by selling the always-needed refill that keeps it working.

Except that - and here’s where “modified” comes in - while safety razors will take any blade of the correct shape, printers can be DRM-chipped (looking at you, HP) to ignore anything but the manufacturer’s own refills. Those can then be priced as that manufacturer pleases, and discount sources can do only so much to ease the sting.

They can also be chipped to stop working when one colour runs low, no matter the state of the others. (Looking at you again, HP). This can be annoying enough with individual colour cartridges; it’s bloody infuriating if the four colours are in a single unit that has to be replaced en bloc before the damned thing starts working again.

We had one of those (guess what brand) and it didn’t take much simple arithmetic to realise that it would take very few refills before we reached the price of a more expensive but much better device.

So we sold the HP and got a Brother mono laser 3-function for heavy work, and a cheap-ish Canon colour inkjet 3-function for everything else.

*****

Best move ever.

It cost about €130 more than a printer-only inkjet, was bought in April 2018, is only on its second toner cartridge (generic, not branded), works reliably on the house network and so can print from any device from PC to phone.

*****

For colour work @dduane has that non-network Canon, which continues to print well when required - cross fingers, spin three times and spit to foil the gremlins - probably because its 4 x individual-colour (we made sure of that) cartridge consumption is more balanced by doing only colour printing rather than heavy black-only use for docs.

*****

The Brother we got was DCP-L2530DW…

…which may be available at discount since it’s been discontinued and replaced by DCP-L2660DW…

…though IMO this other current model, DCP-L2620DW…

…is better for home use.

The specs suggest it’s a more direct replacement for our device, and that flat top is far less intrusive than the angled feed hopper (which also prevents use as, inevitably, a part-time shelf).

DD’s Canon is Pixma MG2550S…

…and AFAIK is still current.

This info is provided for reference; we’re not shilling for Brother or Canon, just passing on satisfied-customer opinions, so all of the above is IMO and YMMV

:->

awliette:

I’m tired of only sharing my cats fanart with my girlfriend so-

Here, take my darlings Coricopat and Tantomile and this other guy. I’m not sure if anyone will recognize him; he’s kind of a niche character.

bruhjite:

Dungeon Meshi fancast dropped

gin-juice-tonic:

gin-juice-tonic:

Sir Dippingsauce and Lady Mabelton at your service

sillyppi:

outer space romance goes crazy

headspace-hotel:

tartrazeen:

headspace-hotel:

headspace-hotel:

headspace-hotel:

I’m really tired and out of it

Turned out i was dehydrated

College will acquaint you so thoroughly to the reality that your body has needs that, if unmet, will make you feel like Death For A Thousand Years In The Abyss, a fate so disproportionate to the simplicity of drinking An Water or eating A Food or perhaps indulging in A Sleep or Washing Off The Gunk, that you are constantly humbled by the pure silliness of being made of mortal flesh

RELEASE THE RACCOONS

this is a life saving advice

fellshish:

Full props to michael sheen for looking like that ‘i forgive you’ got waterboarded out of him like clearly it HURT to say

ayo-edebiri:

#6000 years of lack of communication (inspired by this post by @wilyserpentofeden)

spacecravat:

Aziraphale + book introduction

elinordash:

Have you thought of just talking to him?

tartanthermos:

Good Omens S1E1 | S2E6

fishtrouts:

Ominous..

thedrawingduke:

I realized I never posted these here on tumblr! 2020 did unspeakable things to my mind and body…I staggered away from lockdown with a whole pitch of how I would make an animated Cats adaptation. I got the whole thing up here *taps skull*—it would be Very Good. I can’t think about it too much lest I awaken my sleeping obsession…still want to finish Old Deut and Macavity one of these days.

Fun fact: The term “Jellicle Cat” is actually the cats’ mishearing of the term “Dear Little Cat” (this gives me much joy)

@thedrawingduke on Instagram

lammienade:

c0rvidski:

live laugh leyendecker