trslim@pawb.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat is your most "Fuck you, this is actually awesome?" take?message-squaremessage-square297fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1167arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your most "Fuck you, this is actually awesome?" take?trslim@pawb.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square297fedilinkfile-text
What I mean is like, what do you think is unironically awesome, even if people now think its cringe or stupid?
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoPrinters should not need drivers anymore. There should have been a standard protocol for them by now.
minus-squareSpikesOtherDog@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoYou can USUALLY get by with HP universal PCL drivers for most any printers, regardless of brand. Yes, I know HP is parasitic in the ink/toner department, but PCL is pretty universal itself. Supposedly Microsoft will be dumping printer drives here soon anyway for IPP connectors. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/print/end-of-servicing-plan-for-third-party-printer-drivers-on-windows
minus-squareResol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoExactly, like, I don’t wanna have to uninstall and reinstall these drivers just with a printer upgrade. Not only that, but printer ink is still absurdly expensive.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoI actually bought a little Pentium tablet so I could have something in the shop running FreeCAD instead of printing my drawings on paper because HORSE FUCK ALL OF THE PRINTERS.
Printers should not need drivers anymore. There should have been a standard protocol for them by now.
You can USUALLY get by with HP universal PCL drivers for most any printers, regardless of brand.
Yes, I know HP is parasitic in the ink/toner department, but PCL is pretty universal itself.
Supposedly Microsoft will be dumping printer drives here soon anyway for IPP connectors.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/print/end-of-servicing-plan-for-third-party-printer-drivers-on-windows
Exactly, like, I don’t wanna have to uninstall and reinstall these drivers just with a printer upgrade.
Not only that, but printer ink is still absurdly expensive.
I actually bought a little Pentium tablet so I could have something in the shop running FreeCAD instead of printing my drawings on paper because HORSE FUCK ALL OF THE PRINTERS.