Printer hacking
I saw this great article via Lifehacker and couldn’t resist putting it here.
I haven’t been able to test yet (no HP printer here), but if I’m reading the code right, you can actually do this right from the command line using telnet. Just telnet to port 9100 and type in the following:
\e%-12345X\@PJL JOB
\@PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY=”MESSAGE HERE”
\@PJL EOJ
\e%-12345X
I also found a neat way to transfer drivers from one Windows computer to another. It is becoming less and less important to me at home but more important to me at work. So I thought I would throw it up here just for fun.
*Edit* I tried out the printer hack on my LaserJet 5N and it didn’t work with the command line like I posted above. I did another quick google search and found this site that had more HP printer hacking than I knew existed. I have two of the tools attached in the zip file. Both of the attached tools allowed me to change the text on the screen and the Hijetter tool allowed me to do a whole lot more. Have fun! HP Printer Hacking Tools