Comment on HP customer claims firmware update shoved printer off support cliff
Quexotic@infosec.pub 5 days agoThat’s only required for color printers though. I’d be fine with a FOSS B/W printer. Gotta start somewhere!
Comment on HP customer claims firmware update shoved printer off support cliff
Quexotic@infosec.pub 5 days agoThat’s only required for color printers though. I’d be fine with a FOSS B/W printer. Gotta start somewhere!
pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
As would I!
Though I also did find a few interesting links about people attempting to make FOSS printers earlier after getting inspired by this comment, which I share here now:
www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/open-printer
hackaday.io/project/167446-diy-inkjet-printer
Also a discussion on open source printer firmware here: hackaday.io/…/6176-why-is-there-no-open-source-fi…
Honestly, that Open Tools one looks really interesting to me (it can be wall-mounted!!) but I can’t for the life of me figure out when the project was last updated to see if it’s currently active or defunct.
Quexotic@infosec.pub 4 days ago
I actually had that printer in mind, but I wish there was an available FOSS laser printer.
pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
That makes sense. Yeah, I’d love to see someone do that. If anyone ever turns up a project like that, even if it’s like five years after this comment was posted, feel free to share it here.
Quexotic@infosec.pub 4 days ago
You won’t need me to. You’ll hear about the project lead’s assasination on a parking lot by HP on the news.