Comment on Has HP printers always been this bad?
itsraining@lemmy.world 1 year ago
HP – Hell-Powered
HP printers are just bad. Their Linux drivers (HPLIP) are flimsy and sometimes break on updates. They come with GUI tools still stuck on Qt 4. Their hardware’s quality is also pitiful and the marketing approarch is outirght evil. I got an Envy printer recently (not my choice). It came with instructions to set it up via cloud with an HP account. Why shouldn’t I be able to use a damn printer without creating yet another useless account and giving out personal information is beyond me. At last I discovered the USB port (covered by a sticker which had the word USB crossed out) and managed to set up the printer after the fifth attempt or so, because CUPS didn’t recognize it and so didn’t the HPLIP setup tool. And then the next time I tried to use the printer it just refused… Then I gave it away because my patience had finally run out. Don’t mess with HP if you value your time and nerves.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 year ago
My Windows machine treats their drivers and software like an allergic reaction, so it’s not just Linux. I had to write a script to force it to connect and keep checking mine every thirty seconds.