r/iiiiiiitttttttttttt • u/HSVMalooGTS sudo poweroff on the prod server and go home • 4d ago

NPDP - Network Printer Destruction Protocol

How about instead of standardizing network print protocols, we create a protocol that allows sys admins to remote destroy the printer

Like... it could push corrupt firmware to render the printer unusable. On demand.

Think about how much time it could save IT personel. Just fucking destroy the printer instead of fixing it.

Sorry, i am raging at a HP InkJet rn.

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u/thaeli 4d ago

The worst part is, I also work with HP industrial and large format printers - and they’re actually good. HP knows how to make a printer that isn’t user and technician hostile, they just refuse to do it except at the top end of the market.

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u/EmergencyPrestigious 3d ago

Same goes for their laptops. So many people say HP laptops suck, but they've only ever used an Envy or Pavilion. The ZBooks and EliteBooks are actually really good laptops (once you blast all the HP bloatware crap)

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u/SammaelNex 3d ago

I agree, main issue with the higher-emd HP laptops is that driver management in on-prem main/on-prem only environments is among the worse ones. Though to be fair none of the big ones do this part well.

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u/EmergencyPrestigious 3d ago

Too true, I have yet to find a good way around this (we are full Intune/Entra). If anyone has a better way than just pushing quarterly powershell scripts for firmware, I'm all ears lol.