Ah, the joys of perl and HP printers....
Apr. 2nd, 2008 03:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Came across this old gem:
http://kovaya.com/miscellany/2007/10/insert-coin.html
In short, there's a small perl script that will talk to your HP printer and allow you to set a custom "Ready Message".
So examples include:
- Insert Coin
- Out of Cheese
- Your print request was deemed unworthy of my time
- Remove squirrel in tray
More here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/hpinsertcoin/
http://kovaya.com/miscellany/2007/10/insert-coin.html
In short, there's a small perl script that will talk to your HP printer and allow you to set a custom "Ready Message".
So examples include:
- Insert Coin
- Out of Cheese
- Your print request was deemed unworthy of my time
- Remove squirrel in tray
More here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/hpinsertcoin/