Old Laserjet III and Jetdirect 500x. Can’t go much dumber than that.
Comment on HP fails to derail claims that it bricks scanners on multifunction printers when ink runs low
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I bought an HP printer scanner once. They tried to make me opt into accepting Google and Facebook tracking on the device. It’s a damn printer, not a website. That’s when I sent it back and found the dumbest black and white laser printer I could find.
When it comes to printers, the dumber they are the better.
Noerttipertti@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Perditija@feddit.de 11 months ago
I still have my HP PSC 1400, the software is stored on an old drive. This thing still works and is so old that I can refill the bootleg ink cartridges and this thing just takes them. It scans even when the cartridges are empty. It’s a simple device and I hope it keeps working as long as possible
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
I have HP PSC 1315. I tried removing the color cartridge, and it would just print without it. Unfortunately that stops working after you restart the printer. Anyway, I am not sure what the use case for that could be.
It has partial support on HPLIP, so it works nicely with Linux. For high DPI printing, I can use Windows 7 VM.
By the way, try downloading the NokoPrint app from Google Play Store if you have Android. It allows you to print directly from phone over a USB cable.
I just wish I wasn’t such an idiot when I got it. I never soldered before, and the first thing I tried was to replace the USB port on this. Somebody should have told me about flux. 30 minutes, no flux, 520°C of heat, burned board, and drunk USB port at an angle later, it somehow works. I don’t even know if the solder pads are still present or it’s just the blobs somehow making a connection 💀