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FOSS-Firmware for printers? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 11 months ago by RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/foss@beehaw.org

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We all are pretty annoyed at how the printer industry is screwing customers over. There are a few printers that are really good but most of them suck and try to suck out your money by demanding ink when none is needed.

And i also know that it's nearly impossible to create an open-source printer that can be build by smaller businesses like the 3D printing space can do.

But are there any projects underway to reverse-engineer printer firmware and make it possible to flash the custom ROM onto a printer? No specific manufacturer in mind right now, but wouldn't that make things better? Simply disable all the stupid checks that claim that you NEED ink to scan or that you NEED yellow to print a black text?

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[–] GravelPieceOfSword@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wow, that's so messed up: I didn't know HP did that.. I think it might just be a matter of time before others follow suit.

Sounds very Wireshark worthy!

[–] d_k_bo@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago

Honestly, I don't even think that it behaved like that for malicious purposes. It looked more like incompetence.