Aaron Parecki

@aaronpk they are horrid. I have a complete fit any time I have to deal with mine.

@aaronpk I still love my Brother laser printer.

@aaronpk I was reading back the play-by-play, no surprise they dumped their Mac client. I remember HP notoriously dropping Mac support during the PowerPC->Intel Transition. For 2 years no Mac support for any HP scanner. It sucks, and it probably comes down to they didn't want to recompile their crappy-ass code as a Universal "fat" app (with Apple M cpu and Intel support baked in).

@aaronpk I tried using a raspberry pi zero to connect our old printer to the lan. Though it worked, the CUPS drivers were rough, the margins were never right, and it was just miserable. I’ve since been using an old 2007 macbook in clamshell mode with the wan disabled to print share the printer to the network. Other than when ink needs replacing, it’s working surprisingly well.

@aaronpk I can’t decide who I dislike more. The Product Managers in charge of printers, or microwave ovens.

@aaronpk

I know, Brother

(This is a stupid joke, but it's Canon now)

(Sorry, I can't help it)

@aaronpk for printers, I always leave set to DHCP and then assign a static IP from the router.

That way. When it inevitably breaks, there's less to touch in the printer settings (and it's more likely to come back online)