11 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : hpsetdisp.pl - hpsetdisp.pl: "Connects to a JetDirect equipped HP printer and uses HP's control language to set the ready message on the LCD display." Heh. I did this years ago at Yahoo too.
Rod Begbie : hpsetdisp.pl - An old hack, rediscovered: Change the "00 READY" message on HP printers. I used variants of this at uni ("00 RAEDY" and "PAPER UPSIDE DOWN" were favourites of mine), and at AnagramOfPanties (in those glorious bubble days, I ran a script which displayed t #
deusx : hpsetdisp.pl (INSERT COIN) - "Connects to a JetDirect equipped HP printer and uses HP's control language to set the ready message on the LCD display. Takes an IP address and message on the command line. My favorite message is "INSERT COIN"."
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11 month ago
Matthew M. Boedicker : perl script to change the ready message on an HP printer - could you scroll an RSS feed? (via programming.reddit) [via]
deusx : Miscellany: INSERT COIN - "This little perl program allows you to set the "Ready Message" on HP printers to whatever you'd like."
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19 month ago
Rod Begbie : Kodak: A Thousand Nerds - The Inkjet Story: Kodak's Startup From Within - Looks like the Kodak printers will work "better" with Kodak photo paper, but since I always found their photo paper to be worth paying extra for, that doesn't bother me. #
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Rod Begbie : Kodak plans to sell inkjet printers with cheaper ink - USATODAY.com - Kodak are looking to break into the inkjet printer market by undercutting the overpriced ink cartridges from which HP et al make most of their profit. I encourage this, since I tend to buy a cheap new colour inkjet printer every couple of years rather th [via] #
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35 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : List of Printers Which Do or Don't Print Tracking Dots - List of Printers Which Do or Don't Print Tracking Dots: good stuff from the EFF
kayodeok : List of Printers Which Do or Don't Print Tracking Dots - This is a list in progress of color laser printer models that do or do not print yellow tracking dots on their output
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35 month ago
Nelson Minar : Printer fingerprints 2 - Images showing the dots.
kayodeok : Secret Forensic Codes in Color Laser Printers - DocuColor Tracking Dot Decoding Guide: This guide is part of the Machine Identification Code Technology project. It explains how to read the date, time, and printer serial number from forensic tracking codes in a Xerox DocuColor color laser printout
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35 month ago
kayodeok : Why Do-It-Yourself Photo Printing Doesn't Add Up - The catch is that after you make an initial investment, you are going to pay at least 28 cents a print, if you believe the manufacturers' math. It could be closer to 50 cents a print if you trust the testing of product reviewers at Consumer Reports
jkottke : People are printing less photos at home - People are printing less photos at home on their inkjet/laser printers because of the high price of ink (and the low price of having them done at Wal-Mart, etc.). Ink costs more than pricey champagne and perfume, which is ridiculous. Printer companies suc [via]
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36 month ago
kayodeok : Hacking Network Printers (Mostly HP JetDirects, but a little info on the Ricoh Savins) - This article will attempt to point out some of the more interesting things that can be done with a network based printer to make it reveal information about its users, owners and the network it's part of
Matthew M. Boedicker : hacking network printers
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