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HA-friendly printer that won't take us to the cleaners? (lemmy.world)

submitted 20 hours ago by early_riser@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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At my insistence we bought a Canon laser all in one printer in 2022. It's turning out to be more trouble than it's worth, and it can't do some stuff that some family members need, like printing on thick card stock.

I do, however, like the fact that the Canon reports toner levels to HA. Is there a normie inkjet printer that also has this functionality and won't fleece us with BS ink subscriptions and lock us into using their ink?

I'd also like it to be JUST a printer, not an all-in-one. I'm looking at a dedicated scanner, which doesn't need an HA integration.

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[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Keep your eyes on this

https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/open-printer

[–] early_riser@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

While this is interesting it wouldn't work for my needs, mostly because I'm not the one using the printer most of the time. I need something that can print on heavy card stock.