One nozzle replacement and cooling assembly upgrade later, and my 4y old Prusa Mk3S+ is back to printing at excellent quality.
The new cooling assembly provides a higher flow rate while focusing the air onto the extruded filament a lot better than the old one. And I replaced the worn 2yo .4mm nozzle with a new .6mm one. 10/10 worth it.
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Chinese printer maker spread Bitcoin stealing malware
Chinese printer maker Procolored reportedly spread clipboard-hijacking Bitcoin malware via its official drivers in a supply chain attack that led to over $950,000 in stolen funds.
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https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-stealer-malware-found-in-official-printer-drivers
A critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-1127, has been identified in over 150 Lexmark printer models, including the CX, MX, XC, and CS series. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on unpatched devices by exploiting a combination of path traversal (CWE-22) and race condition (CWE-362) vulnerabilities in the embedded web server. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.1 (Critical).
https://forum.hashpwn.net/post/620
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Ok, looks like I do need to buy a new #printer, I am no longer able to keep the old one hobbling along. Of course I have read the horror stories about enshittification and DRM, including finally Brother. Please advise me on the least horrible one I can buy.
—home office, low volume
—color
—current or recent production
—easy to get new inks
—avoiding AI, dark patterns, “ecosystems”, cloud, and other shit traps.
#AskFedi #HiveMind
I spent a lot of time going through some of my #books today, and found lots of books that I bought but didn't get around to reading. And books that I desperately need to re-read. Stuck a bunch of 'em in #Bookwyrm.
Anyway. In the process I noticed that, oh yeah, I still have that bloody HP Deskjet 600 #printer in the closet. With the centronics cable and everything. I've not used that in, what, a few decades. Usually I'm in favour of preserving retro tech but inkjet printers were the invention of darkest of dark forces. Should toss that thing so I'd get more room for books I've recently read.
First string printed!
Anyone tried to use one of these "conductive paint" markers to make a dirt-cheap diy pcb prototyping printer?
And what do you think could it be possible to even print pcbs with more than just a surface layer using them by e.g. applying some insulating varnish or something? Maybe by using screen printing techniques even?
#diy #pcb #prototyping #cnc #3dprinter #printer #screenprinting
#BSI WID-SEC-2025-1100: [NEU] [hoch] #Lexmark #Multifunction #Printer: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Codeausführung
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Lexmark Multifunction Printer ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.
https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2025-1100
My #printer is making me want to write a manifesto and start a free software movement.
#Printer maker #Procolored offered #malware-laced drivers for months
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Can anyone suggest a decent #inkjet #Printer (I'm UK based) that doesn't cost a fortune, can be fitted with an ink tank and will not try to contact home for updates or turn itself off if it doesn't like my cheap ink?
Currently using an Epson Stylus SZ435W with a third party ink tank but it's about 15 years old and getting a bit cranky😁
Please boost for mileage! Thank you.
Got a free brother laser printer recently. The only issue is that it's broken - the power indicator is on, but the display is on. It actually connects to a computer via USB and I updated the firmware, but it dod not fix the issue. I am thinking that I might have to buy a replacement motherboard... What a pain
I decided I'm going to try to fix my old printer.
I've had this Samsung C460W for probably well over a decade now. First printer I've ever had, and it was okayish. Print quality is serviceable but not great. It had lots of tray paper jams early on, but those went away. At some point Windows lost its ability to connect to the printer over wifi and needed USB instead, but Linux prints just fine over wifi. But Linux prints only black, no colour, somehow.
And this weekend I tried to print some stuff which went really slowly (according to my son, it suddenly started printing again 4 hours later). And eventually it started to smell while claiming a paper jam.
With some trouble, I pulled 3 sheets of paper from it. Two had been fused together and printed on both sides several times with an image I was trying to print (I don't think it's supposed to be a double sided printer, so I'm interested how that's possible), while the third has a brownish sheen and has been torn to shreds.
I have managed to print something after that, and that went fine, but got another paper jam after that. And the smell every time I tried to print. The smell is probably not healthy and I should probably just get a new printer.
But electronically it's fine. It clearly still wants to print, it's just that there's something stuck inside. I want to open it up and clean it, but it was hard finding how, until I saw someone mention a "fusing unit" and I searched specifically for that, and found this: youtube.com/watch?v=AHAsZmJvz9…
That's probably the culprit. And apparently it's possible to clean or replace it. And replacements cost
€ 55 at the biggest Dutch webshop: (bol.com/nl/nl/p/samsung-fuser-…) which is a lot cheaper than a new printer.
Of course that means I'd still be stuck with this versatile but problematic printer, but on the other hand, it means I don't have to throw it away. Or maybe I could fix it and then give it to some charity.
I'm probably going to fix it just to prove that this can be fixed. Not sure what I'm going to do after that, but I'm open to suggestions.
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I just hacked my printer cartridge!
I have a Brother MFC-J6530DW. Good quality, doesn't clog, prints A3 and both sided. Great! Of course ink is a rip off, but not the worse. We get 3rd party refill.
It couldn't read the black cartridge even if it was full. Checked online and learnt they have batteries. I replaced it and now it works as good as new!
(Does it count as a hack? I think it does)
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typewriter Royal litton signet / german keyboard
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