Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 3, 2024
I wonder how hard it is to make a fake USB printer.
Like, a printer that takes any printout and goes "yep, that printed just fine" but nothing ever comes out anywhere
Show threaddemofoxJun 3, 2024
@foone what's your usage case?
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️
@demofox I've got a program that keeps printing things at regular intervals, and it wastes several seconds between items. if I had a fake printer, I could do a real print batch at the beginning, then every time it tries to print, it just instantly succeeds, doing nothing.
Jun 3, 2024 at 10:34pmWeb
Show threadbiggestsonicfanJun 3, 2024
@foone @demofox I think I used to use a software called PDF995 and set the output directory to a read-only folder for this type of edge case.
Show threadshironekoJun 4, 2024
@foone @demofox curious what this sociopathic program is
Show threadshironekoJun 4, 2024
@foone @demofox also https://superuser.com/questions/304670/how-to-add-a-fake-dummy-null-printer-in-cups
How to add a fake, dummy, null printer in CUPS?

I'm writing a piece of software that supports multiple printers. In order to test it, I need to add multiple printers to my CUPS server. How can I do that? I want to add a few fake printers that w...

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Show threadIris NieborgJun 4, 2024
@foone @demofox What about using one of those usb to parallel adapters and install an ancient printer (like a Star LC10). IIRC those don't give any feedback so the computer just assumes it's printing.