My resin printer was powered off with resin in the vat for about 7 months. Last night I turned it on, gave it a job, and I woke up to a successful print.
My inkjet printer was powered off for 2 weeks. Last night I turned it on, gave it a job, and was instantly disappointed with a streaky, blotchy output. Running a clean cycle just made the output worse.
Why are 2D printers so terrible despite decades of development? What are some 2D printers this community has had good interactions with/would recommend?
Yup, Brother laser printers are the way to go. Inkjets became popular with the invention of digital cameras. But unless you’re regularly printing photos, you don’t need an inkjet printer. Except for photo quality prints, inkjets are inferior to lasers in virtually every way.
A laser toner cartridge will last for ~1000 pages, and modern laser printers build the LEDs (they’re commonly still called laser printers even though they’ve used LEDs for the past decade) directly into the toner cartridges. So you replace the LEDs at the same time you replace the toner, and never need to worry about them dying or going bad over time. Even full color prints look decent, as long as you don’t need photo quality. And if you do need photo quality, just fucking use Google Photos and get print shop quality photos delivered to you in two days. You literally never need an inkjet in this day and age, because the only reason you’d need one (photos) is obsolete.