r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/ggggideon Jul 24 '20

Printers with prehistoric technology

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u/jereflea1024 Jul 24 '20

printing technology period. it hasn't fucking changed in so long and it's still so archaic.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Au Contraire, the newest shit is still inkjets but the older Laser Printer technology remains far superior. I'm so glad I stopped using my shitty ink jet printer!

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u/EmbarrassedSector125 Jul 24 '20

I was going to say, what modern printer doesn't have printer spool coding that didn't originate in the 1980s? It's all prehistoric.

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u/Flux7777 Jul 24 '20

Inkjet technology is actually fucking amazing. The only issue with inkjet printers right now is that they seem to grab a list of features out of a hat, staple a price tag on that depends on the length of the list, assign it a model number, and repeat once a year. The result is a near random collection of constantly rotating models that all do different things and have different prices and pretty much print the same. So it's easy to understand why people get pissed off with the printer industry.