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A light of wholesomeness shining in a bleak dystopian hellscape (lemmy.world)
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[–] 9 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Printers are the peak of asshole design

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

    If you can afford it, cough up the money for a laser printer. I've had mine for years and only changed the ink once. So much better than ink jet printers, which are a total scam

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I switched to a Lazer printer last year and damn so so so so much better than that fucking hp inkjet printer I had.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Tried to fire up an older HP monochrome laser printer that is still working perfectly.

    The problem? Windows 11 has no drivers, and it literally cannot be used at all. Not through Wi-Fi (old drivers, too), not through the USB port, or my shared through my router.

    I mean, seriously, this stuff should work on a generic print driver until the end of time, but nope.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Hot news, linux is incredibly compatible with printers. CUPS is very well designed. With relatively little technical knowledge you could probably plug a raspberry pi into virtually any old printer and get it running with the Pi as a print server sharing it with the network.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Never thought I'd see the day when it's easier to get a printer working in Linux than Windows. How the turntables.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    It's actually been the case for 20 years now. Same with lots of other devices.

    Around 2008-ish I saw a Tesco-branded webcam for something like 5€. I was just in need of one, so I looked up if it's not, by any chance Linux compatible. It was, right out of the box.

    Same thing with Sony Ericsson phones of that era. Capable of lots of things, like Ethernet over USB or Mass Storage, but with Windows it all needed a massive and annoying driver package. Linux - plug and go.

    Same with Bluetooth and lots of other things.

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    • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Never ever buy an HP printer.

    Their hardware is mostly brilliant but the software (drivers, DRM) should make it a stop-sale for most people. It is such a shame that what used to be an incredible engineering company has turned to such shit because of executive incompetence and greed.

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    • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Who TF just leaves a printer on the street and just expects someone else to get rid of it for them?!

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Hahaha. In Germany many people put their not used anymore items just outside of their houses with signs: "to give away". I've found furnitures, books, washing machine??? :D

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 years ago

    I've heard stories about people putting out old appliances and furniture out on the curb with a "free" sign. It sits out there for 4 weeks. Then they put out a sign that says "$20. inquire within" And an hour later it was stolen.

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    • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Screw HP DRM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVWk9Zh82O4

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    [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I thought they were giving the interaction a glowing 7/6 review until I realized they meant they did it on June 7.

    I SMRT

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    [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Hmmm, maybe I've been on the internet too long but the handwriting doesn't look like it was written on a vertical pole. It looks like it was easy to write

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