On 21 Feb 2017, at 19:34, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a Sierra MacPro that's operating within a private, dedicated, secure > LAN with no internet access. I'm trying to hook up an HP inkjet printer to > it, but the HP installation software REQUIRES an internet connection to phone > home. No internet? No install! It fails! WHY???
Because they want to sell your information. > The HP install program comes up with an ambigously phrased generic blurb > about how it sends back all kinds of info: operating system, locale settings, > IP address, and who knows what all else. WHY??? Because HP doesn't care about you at all, they only care about fleecing as much money as possible. > Is there an inkjet printer (Brother, Canon, Epson) that can be installed > without phoning home? I have two Brother's. They connect to my LAN, they do not connect to the Internet. -- Apple broke AppleScripting signatures in Mail.app, so no random signatures. _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
