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[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've singlehandedly caused hp to lose thousands of dollars. People trust my advice and I've lost all trust in hp so I tell people not to waste their money on it.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

When I got hired to take charge of the IT department, the first thing I did was phase out ALL HP products and then implemented an "Unacceptable and Barred Brands for purchasing" policy with HP right at top.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Thank you for your service

[–] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Unfathomably Based

[–] Clusterfck@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

Anyone have recommendations for MICR compatible printers that AREN’T HP? It’s the last HP product we have in my office.

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Don't buy a smart printer. Buy a dumb printer, then plug it into a raspberry pi.

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

we need an easily flashed prerolled Printer OS that makes this easy to make work

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I haven't bought a printer recently. Wtf is a smart printer?

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Most newer models that automatically make themselves available to all the devices connected to the network they are connected to, and manage the printer queue internally. Usually comes with a ton of shitty "features" e.g preventing you from printing black & white when you're out of yellow ink.
2-in-one scanner+printer machines are especially heinous with this, most of the ones I've used block you from scanning a document if you're out of any ink (yes, even when you're only trying to scan and not use the "copy" mode)

Somehow they found a way to make me miss having to boot the "printer PC" and wrangling windows' god awful printer queue system.

[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

It's a printer that, when you tell it to print, tries its best to find a reason to refuse to do so.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

A printer that supports network print, typically through an Internet service.