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Shit like this is why we need open source printers! (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Alternatively use universal print drivers from the 90s

They didn't have all this extra stuff added in, and work fine unless you're printing some complex PDFs

[-] apftwb@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

I don't think any of the DRM, EURion, or microdot stuff happens on the driver level. I think its baked into the firmware.

[-] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I hope not, that's dystopian as fuck

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