That’s terrible. When I added a Lexmark printer to my network a year ago, I firewalled it off from the outside world on general principle - it never even occurred to me that a printer manufacturer would make communicating with the mothership a requirement for normal operation. I guess I’m lucky #Lexmark hasn’t gone that route.
I’m glad you found something else that works for you. Did you get an #Epson#Ecotank printer? Very cost-effective.
@cazabon@Heterokromia@yogthos I got a Canon laser. Costs much more, weighs a ton, but it’s really a fast printer with excellent print quality and NO requirement for it to check in to it’s manufacturer for permission to print. I’m pretty much over inkjets, period.
It’s the old saying, you get what you pay for. Only downside is that you need to wear a back brace to move it.
@joytoworld93@cazabon@yogthos I bought a Pantum laser MFP, it is just fone. I got it from InkStation specifically because they specialise in recycling and refilling cartridges.
@joytoworld93 @Heterokromia @yogthos
That’s terrible. When I added a Lexmark printer to my network a year ago, I firewalled it off from the outside world on general principle - it never even occurred to me that a printer manufacturer would make communicating with the mothership a requirement for normal operation. I guess I’m lucky #Lexmark hasn’t gone that route.
I’m glad you found something else that works for you. Did you get an #Epson #Ecotank printer? Very cost-effective.
@cazabon @Heterokromia @yogthos I got a Canon laser. Costs much more, weighs a ton, but it’s really a fast printer with excellent print quality and NO requirement for it to check in to it’s manufacturer for permission to print. I’m pretty much over inkjets, period.
It’s the old saying, you get what you pay for. Only downside is that you need to wear a back brace to move it.
@joytoworld93 @cazabon @yogthos I bought a Pantum laser MFP, it is just fone. I got it from InkStation specifically because they specialise in recycling and refilling cartridges.