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Of course. They HAD drivers. For windows XP. Or maybe even current windows version, but the drivers are nowhere to be found today. I will never buy a network p
by bjoli 5y ago
Of course. They HAD drivers. For windows XP. Or maybe even current windows version, but the drivers are nowhere to be found today.
I will never buy a network printer if USB printers are available. They suffer the usual IOT problem. In a couple of years security updates will stop showing up, and the bloody things usually try very hard to connect to the internet. Then I'd much rather roll my own with a raspberry pi running an LTS OS.
- slt2021 5y agoyou know it is very easy to restrict internet access for printer if you have a wifi router. Go to your router admin page and: 1. Assign static IP to a printer by its MAC address, instead of dynamic IP in DHCP settings. 2. only allow LAN traffic and disable all WAN traffic for that static IP 3. Disable Bluetooth in a printer settings (you can do it by visiting http://192.168.1.{printer's http://192.168.1.{printer's IP addr}
- bjoli 5y agoTo me that seems like planned obsolescence. Networking a printer using a raspberry pi (or similar) means it will stay up to date, regardless of vendor EOLing it or not. I have a printer that does wifi, but it is stuck forever at 802.11g, meaning it will degrade my wifi network and add something like a 10ms (best case) latency. I am just old-fashioned. I understand the comfort of connecting the printer to wifi and being up and running. I will probably never do it if I have the option, since I hate having to replace a printer I like. The only downside of my lexmark is that it is slow compared to modern black and white lasers. But then again it is more than half as old as I am.