No kidding. We had an actual HP plotter (you know, actual pens held by the robotic gripper) back when I go my first real IT job that probably would still work today. Replaced by a large-format HP inkjet "plotter" (model long forgotten), that also was of that design era. This was 1990-ish..
Oh, that's also back when HP was of the mind that you should actually be able to _USE_ all the ink you purchased in your cartridges, and didn't feel like the protocol that the cartridge uses to talk to the printer was of such national security importance that it need be encrypted[1]. -sc [1] What you say? It also just happens to allow HP to sue makers of compatible ink cartridges for violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, effectively locking them out of the market? Convenient.... > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 8:16 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: [OT] The infection continues to spread (HP) > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:36 PM, Steven M. Caesare > <scaes...@caesare.com> wrote: > > A moment of silence to mourn what has become of the company that used > > to make the LaserJet4 and my trusty DesignJet550C > > Seriously. The T790 is replacing a DesignJet 750C which was old enough to > vote, and had simply worn away too many parts that aren't made any more. > > I had a customer who had a LaserJet II in service as of a few years ago, and > prolly still does. I expect it would still work after a nuclear war; the > cockroaches will have something to print with. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
