Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMicrosoft is reportedly auto-installing the HP Smart app on Windows 10 and 11 PCswww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square147fedilinkarrow-up1501arrow-down111
arrow-up1490arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft is reportedly auto-installing the HP Smart app on Windows 10 and 11 PCswww.ghacks.netLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square147fedilink
minus-squareFrogFlogging@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 year agoTry it. On USB with the basic driver specifically, modern HP printers will let you use the device for exactly 10 print jobs before it locks all functionality and demands that the unit be connected to the network and an HP account registered. Do not buy them. Find a brother instead.
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoWasn’t that on Wifi-only devices, where the USB was still there for mass production cost saving reasons? But yeah, don’t buy HP; message received years ago already.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoMy m404 seems to have been immune to this problem.
Try it.
On USB with the basic driver specifically, modern HP printers will let you use the device for exactly 10 print jobs before it locks all functionality and demands that the unit be connected to the network and an HP account registered.
Do not buy them. Find a brother instead.
Wasn’t that on Wifi-only devices, where the USB was still there for mass production cost saving reasons?
But yeah, don’t buy HP; message received years ago already.
My m404 seems to have been immune to this problem.
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