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On today's edition of "Things You Shouldn't Be Able To Do From a Browser"...

Seriously though, sending PJL commands directly to printers on port 9100 is such a neat hack. Back when I was working help desk in college, much fun was had the day I discovered you could change the "READY" string on HP printer displays to anything you wanted. "INSERT COIN", "CHECK ENGINE", etc.

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