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stopthatgirl7 Aug 5, 2023

HP printer USB port covered with warning sticker in hopes you won't use it | Boing Boing

HP wants you to print things through its cloud service, wherein you pay a subscription fee for ink and your usage is routed through its servers. To encourage you to do this, it covers the USB port …

https://boingboing.net/2023/08/04/hp-printer-usb-port-covered-with-warning-sticker-in-hopes-you-wont-use-it.html

HP covers printer's USB port with warning sticker to make sure you don't go right ahead and use it | Boing Boing

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HousePanther Aug 5, 2023

JFC! HP sucks. Just buy a Brother laser printer used and never worry about it because it’s bulletproof and a workhorse.

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ApplePie Aug 5, 2023

And will work OOTB on Linux with CUPS. Easiest process ever.

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jrubal1462 Aug 5, 2023

I don't know what CUPS is, but I had 3 major reservations about switching my barely functional computer to Linux:

Ive never worked in Linux before

My dive computer only uploads to proprietary software using a proprietary cable.

My Brother laser printer was working SO well wirelessly. It's the first time I've ever not hated my printer

Turns out some amazing people made open source dive logging software so I can still download my dives.

And for printing, I meant to get around to setting it up, then one day I forgot and accidentally printed something and it just worked. I was so shocked that for a bit I assumed that reformatting the hard drive and changing operating systems must've somehow preserved my printer settings.

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Hupf Aug 5, 2023

Is your device supported by subsurface.github.io/SupportedDivecomputers/ ?

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GitHub page for mostly our announcements and increasingly larger parts of our website

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jrubal1462

Yup! I had a little difficulty communicating with the computer, but all I had to do was add my user to the "dial-out" group and it worked like a charm.