Photo of an old HP laserjet printer with a piece of paper in the output slot. The printed page is a draft of a cheatsheet for the Principia LuaScript API.

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   ROllerozxa :blobthinkingeyes: (rollerozxa@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 23:52:34 JST ROllerozxa :blobthinkingeyes:

   Yesterday I tried printing something on Linux with my family's ancient HP laserjet printer. It is so old that I don't think we have ever gotten it to work on anything newer than Windows 7, and I had also tried to print from it on Ubuntu some years back without any success.

   Installed HPLIP and plugged in the printer and it prompted me to install some (non-free :blobcatscared:) drivers. Once installed the printer motors turned on which was a good sign. Went to print something and...

   It works!!