I stopped buying HP printers over 15 years ago because they came packaged with all sorts of software to run on PCs, and made it difficult to simply locate and install print drivers alone. It’s ridiculous that a peripheral device need 6 programs running in the background. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of it was spyware
Well the concept kind of grew from a simple printer driver. Now it’s got to be able to tell you that it needs ink or paper or whatever, and sit waiting for requests from the printer to save scanned images, and the like.
Using it on Linux gets around all that stuff.
I really, really dislike my HP printer. I would go back to Lexmark in a heartbeat. Of course, manybe now Lexmark is not good but I am staying away from HP printers. Half the time, the printer goes off line, other times, it will not print at all.
Me too.
I have clients who call/text me about how their printers no longer work.
It’s ALWAYS a HP printer.
Setting up a new MacBook Pro for my Wife to replace her current HP with W10.
Have Parallels and Windows 7 Pro installed and set for coherence mode.
I’ve been using a set-up like this since 2012 and love it. Solid, stable and no forced updates.
“I stopped buying HP printers over 15 years ago because they came packaged with all sorts of software to run on PCs”
About 15 years ago when I ordered supplies for my office, I got a good deal on HP printer cartridges, so ordered a bunch. A few months later someone inserted a new one and it wouldn’t work. It had been programmed to not function if installed after the expiration date. So we had about 20 unusable cartridges just sitting there.
I decided to turn back the calendar in my PC to an earlier date to see if it would install. It installed fine with the new/old date, and then I just changed it back. Anyhow, my good opinion of HP took a dive then. It seemed like a scheme to force people to buy all new stuff.