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Hack: Set the "Ready Message" on HP printers to INSERT COIN (kovaya.com)
8 points by nickb on Oct 17, 2007 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



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.


This is about ten years old:

http://www.irongeek.com/downloads/hpnt.c




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