[sf-lug] Xsane can't see an HP Laserjet 1536dnf MFP scanner / printer

Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com
Tue Jul 31 16:27:41 PDT 2018


Sorry, think-o.  (Like a typo, except the problem is that my mind was on
something else, and my unconscious picked the wrong word to type.)

> 4.  One of the tricks usable for bringing to market a printer (or
> printer/scanner 'multifunction printer' like the HP LaserJet Pro
> M1536dnf) is to _omit completely_ the image-processing CPU and firmware
> normally required in a printer and emulate the missing circuitry in
> proprietary 'print engine' software required to be run on an attached
> workstation.  Basically, sell a cut-rate incomplete printer, and require
> the owner to run an emulation of the missing computing components on an
> attached printer.
           ^^^^^^^   'workstation'




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