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Re:HP rolled out update blocking 3rd party ink cartridges by ashton314 on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @02:00AM (#35066075)
Have you looked at things like power line adapters? I’ve got one and it works brilliantly.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-line_communication

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Re:HP rolled out update blocking 3rd party ink cartridges by password4321 on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @03:18AM (#35066549)
Also MoCA (coax)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_over_Coax_Allianc...

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Re:HP rolled out update blocking 3rd party ink cartridges by RajT88 on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @09:49AM (#35069586)
Powerline does not work in my home for reasons I can only speculate. It would take hundreds of dollars of tooling to figure it out.

To the gent suggesting Moca - an option generally, but no coax in the office.

I think a pi or small wireless bridge will probably be the way to go. Or I will talk my wife into letting me drill another hole in the floor.

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Re:HP rolled out update blocking 3rd party ink cartridges by kube-system on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @04:25PM (#35074940)
A pi with CUPS installed will work fine.
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