Printing

Printers in 2026 tend to have a host of options, but they also sometimes come with a lot of baggage - a quick search for “manufacturers disabling printers” turns up a lot of interesting results. Sometimes the best printer is the ancient, non-network-capable printer, like the HP Laserjet 1320 printer we have at The Working Centre’s Computer Recycling Project. [NOTE] The HP Laserjet 1320n is a network-capable printer. The model we have at the project is a non-’n’, non-networked printer. ...

Switching printers at home Other than running out of toner, there was nothing wrong with the HP Laserjet P1102w printer we have at home. The printer printed cleanly, was compact, and was connected to our wireless network, so any machine on our network could print to it. In fact, I was planning on buying more toner this evening after we did our usual scouring of thrift shops. I thought there was a small chance I might find the right HP 85A toner at one of the stores we planned to go to. I did find some other toner at one of the thrift shops, and the $5.95 price tag wasn’t bad, but it was for a different model in the same line of printers. But this was actually after spotting an even better deal, an HP Laserjet 1320 duplex printer for a whopping $10.95. ...