Got a printer at the warehouse where they sell used hotel equipment. They told that it has a defect in a way that it "prints with a line across". All cartridges were full and working. And it seems that they can be refilled judging by the area around the caps.
It did work but the "line" was a bend, not a print. Found out that heating roller in a fuser was the culprit. Was about to get a new fuser off Alibaba for a 100 but my wife gave me a better option. She suggested to get a used one off local marketplace. We found same lineup smiplier model with empty cartridges. After a quick swap, this little boy now gives out sharp and plain prints. 30 euro for defective office one, 40 euro off marketplace.
This pic is from a marketplace printer with a swapped in defective fuser.
P.S. Apparently, this brand has an extensive servicing manual for this lineup printers. It has all instructions for servicing pretty much any part with pictures and videos. Major props for Lexmark. Never heard of this brand before.
I'm an IT guy and Lexmark has come a long way.
Brother too.
HP has devolved into madness and Xerox seems to be giving up on the mid markets. They've just priced themselves out of that space.
HP used to be a sure fire go-to, for the industry, then Xerox, and now it's Lexmark's turn I guess.
At least, those are the trends I've been seeing from the industry...
My current printer is a pre-madness HP color laser that I'm holding on to for as long as possible. HP used to be so good, it's a real shame what happened to them.
I agree. They enshittified themselves out of the market with their subscription service for ink.
They took on more consumer hostile practices over time, but that was a big one.
In my teens my parents used to have ink printers. I remember EPSON big, gray and heavy printer/scanner combo that always had issues with either USB or ink. I hated to use that one.
A recent one is a HP (I think) ink printer at my moms. Her's had an issue where ink cartridge would be new but it would print empty pages. Turns out ink in tubes dried up and clogged everything. I told her to get new one but she said she already had a stock of ink for this one and it would be shame to lose all that money. This shit ink is the most expensive liquid on earth after all. I tried to fix her's but it deemed to be impossible so we talked and she got same but used one. She will use up all her ink and I'll get her a good one after.
I will not buy her HP or EPSON in my life!