Re:The HP Printer USB Sticker Trick Also Works for Thermalta...
by smegsicle on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @02:02PM
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brother has in the past pushed automatic updates to lock out third party toner
Re:The HP Printer USB Sticker Trick Also Works for Thermalta...
by sentientslug on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @12:59AM
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Can I ask what model you have?
I connected it to the network, and boom, everything I have can print. Didn't need to install drivers on most things (but the printer utility is handy). You can send it documents via IPP, but also any other protocol that might be a good way to get a document to a printer, including USB, POP3, IMAP, LPR, and like a dozen other options. It feels like one of their engineers sat down at one point and just went through every possible protocol they could think of and implemented a module for it, and they just kept it that way for the last 10+ years.
Plus second-hand toner just works, no DRM, and toner is relatively cheap all in all. I'm not getting screwed by them on printing cost, and if I were I can go somewhere else for my consumables.