While I love the idea, e-waste is too good for these infernal machines. I expect them to rot for all eternity in the pits of the far reaches of hell, but enjoying life far more than the executives who came up with ink subscriptions.
These machines didn’t ask to be built this way. It’s their greedy ink overlords that did this. Mechano rights now! :-)
As I said elsewhere the shenanigans with ink didn’t start until recently. That era of printer is probably ok. It’s all in the choice you make. I just bought a brother Lp for my mother in law. Printer and 1 toner was c$370/U$. Will last rest of her life. With about 3500 pages of capacity. However the software world will surely change but when I take possession of it again I hope this solution still works so I can make use of it …
This is just using cups from a pi, something that has been common now for quite some time. It's much better than hooking up directly to one PC since you can then print from any device.
As I said elsewhere the shenanigans with ink didn’t start until recently. That era of printer is probably ok. It’s all in the choice you make. I just bought a brother Lp for my mother in law. Printer and 1 toner was c$370/U$. Will last rest of her life. With about 3500 pages of capacity. However the software world will surely change but when I take possession of it again I hope this solution still works so I can make use of it …