Internal notes point to cloud connectivity woes for older OfficeJets, though company denies systemic issue
6 or 7 years ago, I splurged on an HP all-in-one scanner/copier/fax. Every fucking time I turned it on, it needed to perform a “print test”. No other printer from a different company ever did this bullshit. One day, I was in a worse-than-usual mood and I stomped that motherfucker to death Office Space style, but without the Geto Boys accompaniment.
Quexotic@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
Time to make Open-Source laser printers. That is unacceptable. Even brother is pulling suspect bullshit now.
XLE@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
“Buy a Brother printer” was bound to only be good advice for so long. If I’ve learned anything from watching competitive tech markets, it’s that the best competitor eventually starts diluting their own offering in favor of profit.
Quexotic@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
I’m lucky enough that all I’ve gotta do is prevent my brother from connecting to the internet and I should be fine.
pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
My personal big suspicion is that the legally required anti-counterfeiting measures for printing (those near invisible yellow dots that color prints require) has prevented this from happening yet, but surely there must be some way.
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think the bigger issue is that printers are a commodity item in the public eye. Cheap and disposable, yet backed by thousands of hours of secret sauce engineering to achieve extremely high print quality.
Finding people willing to do that kind of work for free is very difficult, not to mention the fact that prototyping hardware is still very expensive, though it has come down in price dramatically over the teats.
Quexotic@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
That’s only required for color printers though. I’d be fine with a FOSS B/W printer. Gotta start somewhere!