Comments on: Change the Default Message on HP Printers http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2007/10/change_the_default_message_on_/ tips and downloads to help you at work and play Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:20:41 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Kent Bolton http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2007/10/change_the_default_message_on_/comment-page-1/#comment-5684 Kent Bolton Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:54:09 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2007/10/19/change_the_default_message_on_.html#comment-5684 <p>There is a great summary of this on http://www.trilug.org/~kjotte/progcon/ .</p> <p>It certainly works with the programs provided on this page ... I have set most of the printers in my office to display obscure messages.</p> <p>The only problem I see with the telnet solution is that \e probably is not the escape sequence for the escape character (ASCII 27). You may have to use the ALT key down while typing 027 or similar depending on your OS.</p> <p><br /> </p> There is a great summary of this on http://www.trilug.org/~kjotte/progcon/ .

It certainly works with the programs provided on this page … I have set most of the printers in my office to display obscure messages.

The only problem I see with the telnet solution is that \e probably is not the escape sequence for the escape character (ASCII 27). You may have to use the ALT key down while typing 027 or similar depending on your OS.

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