BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 6 days agoWindows 11 is finally killing off legacy printer drivers in 2026 — and it’s going to shake up a lot of older hardwarewww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1127arrow-down1external-linkWindows 11 is finally killing off legacy printer drivers in 2026 — and it’s going to shake up a lot of older hardwarewww.windowscentral.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareUsefulInfoPlz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·6 days agoMaybe they’ll add them back later, but you’ll be forced to print a full page add before anything else.
minus-squarebibbasa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 days agoyou’ll have to sync your printer with the cloud so ai can train on all of your printed documents and splice ads into your taxes
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoHP already kind of does this. Some of their printers stop working after 2 weeks if you don’t sign in with an HP account and let them access the internet
Maybe they’ll add them back later, but you’ll be forced to print a full page add before anything else.
you’ll have to sync your printer with the cloud so ai can train on all of your printed documents and splice ads into your taxes
HP already kind of does this. Some of their printers stop working after 2 weeks if you don’t sign in with an HP account and let them access the internet