alt Hacker NewsI always put printers (2d and 3d) behind a firewall so they cannot reach the internet. This prevents auto-updates and surprises like disappearing functionality.
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jamesnorden • today at 10:54 AM
I've been bitten by an HP printer auto updating and my aftermarket ink suddenly not being acceptable. Never buying HP again after that.
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15155 • today at 12:04 PM
Which means the controversy in question would not apply to you whatsoever.
p0w3n3d • today at 11:06 AM
that's what I had in my mind - I want to switch back to HP printer because the Brother I bought has inferior picture printing quality, but I am scared of any software update, so I guess I'll connect it to old linux machine and serve via CUPS
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In the case of Bambu you'd want to do this to prevent surprises like your printer from randomly starting to print due to a "cloud error".
https://www.techradar.com/pro/did-your-3d-printer-start-prin...