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Hack: Set the "Ready Message" on HP printers to INSERT COIN
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kovaya.com
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nickb
on Oct 17, 2007
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cstejerean
on Oct 17, 2007
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This is a clever hack often used by university students on unprotected printers. It's much cooler if you combine it with another option that disables all the buttons on the printer.
extantproject
on Oct 17, 2007
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This is about ten years old:
http://www.irongeek.com/downloads/hpnt.c
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