Comment by NikhilVerma
2 hours ago
I have a Canon printer, I actually can't trust that their print nozzle won't get jammed up after sitting idle for a while. So I had claude setup a systemd script to print a picture of my dog every week, I ensure it has enough CMYK spectrum to stress the printer. Its a nice surprise every monday as I sit on my desk to see a sudden picture pop up from the printer :)
I wish printers could have a mode like this to print random images from an album, or a calendar, rather than wastefully draining ink into a sponge every few days.
If nothing else, maybe it could be some kid's high school science fair project idea.
How about printing a QR code for a randomly generated private key for Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin wallet, then every few days you get a tiny moment of excitement, hope, and then disappointment. It's still wasteful, but it could pay off big time?
this is an amazing youtube video idea if you could get a type writer to do it.
Or if you have a printer/scanner combo, you can turn it into a pen pal!
Dad had an Deskjet 720 or something like that.
It sat unused and powered off for a couple of years after he passed, until I needed a color print.
Didn't do anything but hook it up to power and print. Took about 1/5 of a page until all colors were back in action, after that it printed about 20 pages flawlessly.
Laser printers are your friend. The savings on consumables alone will make it pay for itself.
Epson Ecotank. I’ve been using mine for years and I only had to buy new ink once.
And I printed a lot of photos, notes, documents, etc
Those will still get their nozzles clogged if you don't run them.
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Not to mention more water resistant, when printing things like envelopes.
I was about to recommend a cheap OKI LED color printer (I think C322dn); alas they withdrew from consumer market :/ The colors are super nice and uniform, even if the maximum resolution is only 600 dpi - and the toner won't dry out, which was my brother's crucial purchase criterion; we had HP inkjet clogged more than once.