Posted by jpluimers on 2024/04/05
Related blog post: Special cartridges with heat-shrink tubing for dymo and brother label writers.
[Wayback/Archive] Bradán Lane on X: “@jpluimers @jilles_com I have a DYMO Rhino 6000. “New” they are pricy but the 6000 and 5200 are often on eBay at really good prices. I have used the USB interface on it for automation and to upload custom graphics.”
This was in a response thread started by [Wayback/Archive] Jilles.com which you will find further below.
First though, a list of Dymo gear:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2023/08/11
I’m not alone in feeling hated by printers and multifunctionals.
I had already seen this 2019 comic [Archive.is] System32Comics on Twitter: “Printers nowadays… “ quite a while ago:
- User: Hey printer, can you please print this document?
- Printer: Low on Cyan
- User: Don’t worry, it’s just a black and white text
- Printer: No fuck you, low on Cyan
Printers and the drivers shipped by manufacturers hate me so much, that I now have the habit of using older printers which are better supported out-of-the-box by modern operating systems, hence this tweet:
[Archive.is] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “I try to avoid using the software provided by the printer manufacturer. Usually stock PCL or PostScript drivers work fine.… “
Thanks to [Archive.is] Matt Schultz 😷 on Twitter: “Seems about right… … “, I found out that early 2021 Stevie Martin came along with this hilarious video [Archive.is] “when you’re trying to print something”:
And of course the System32Comics version was commented immediately: [Archive.is] Mr. Dubi and Dr. Kan on Twitter: “… “ (:
But also a few other nice comments were made that I had not known of before:
Me: I want to scan something
Printer: Can’t, i’m out of Magenta ink
Me: But i only need a scan… and i’m pretty sure i’ve never used any shade of red on my printed documents :/
Printer: I’m out of Magenta… Also my fixed IP address is 169.25.41.1/24 right?
Me: *cry internally*
“Hey printer/scanner scan this pager for me.
Nah, no ink.
But it’s just scanning a do…
I SAID LOW ON INK!!
I just to install the drivers.”
I got at that thread because of [Archive.is] Troy Hunt on Twitter: “No? Yes? The UX in this @Epson printer is undoubtedly one of the worst I’ve ever seen. Just insane. (Near new ET-16600 FWIW.)… :
Title: Confirmation
Text: The wired LAN connection is disabled when using a Wi-Fi connection.
Buttons: Close, No, Yes
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2022/09/28
When writing Some links on PostScript books and online content, back from the days, I archived [Wayback] Index of /RESOURCES from the site hosting the [Wayback/Archive.is] LPRng Web Page (see also LPRng on Wikipedia):
The LPRng software is an enhanced, extended, and portable implementation of the Berkeley LPR print spooler functionality. While providing the same interface and meeting RFC1179 requirements, the implementation is completely new and provides support for the following features: lightweight (no databases needed) lpr, lpc, and lprm programs; dynamic redirection of print queues; automatic job holding; highly verbose diagnostics; multiple printers serving a single queue; client programs do not need to run SUID root; greatly enhanced security checks; and a greatly improved permission and authorization mechanism.
The source software compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX systems, and is compatible with other print spoolers and network printers that use the LPR interface and meet RFC1179 requirements.
Subdirectories (the PPD one goes one level deeper with both files and directories; XEROX just has a subdirectory with one file):
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2022/05/23
Printing on MacOS can be less Plug&Play than one hopes for.
For default printer drivers on MacOS for the same printer:
One solution for my OKI MC363 is to use the HP PCL driver and fake it as a HP Colour LaserJet 9500 (which provides a similar amount of memory, and colour duplex A4 printing):
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Posted by jpluimers on 2022/04/06
some links for my link archive:
–jeroen
P400
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