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🏳️‍⚧️Jun 3, 2024
@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.
Show threadIris Nieborg
@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.
Jun 4, 2024 at 7:51amWeb