Are printers still a network vulnerability? What's the best

>>60599953
I've found the best way to do that is to just use them. It'll stop working and you'll never know why.

>>60599953
Buy HP®

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>>60599998
>It'll stop working and you'll never know why.

Question I really wanted to print something off my iPad but I have no idea how to set a printer on this thing. Is it possible to just put the ipad onto the screen of the copier/printer thing I have?

>>60599953
Take it off the network

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>>60599953
>vulnerability
of course. modern printers have processors just as capable as some PCs. They have networking and complex operating systems.

>to lock down
VLAN it and protect it with simple firewall rules. Don't let it access the Internet, don't let the Internet access it. Only allow printing traffic to printers.

Also if you're really serious, I believe HP has a free printer security assessment they can do. It's meant as an upsell tool to sell you new HP printers, but it could be useful.

if you don't trust the software the printer uses, "proxy" it by attaching it to a print server running CUPS, and have jobs sent to that to be sanitized and forwarded onto the actual printer

>>60605077
-- there are other upsides to a dedicated print server as well, btw, like being able to have queues that will print on multiple printers, whichever is available
as well as being able to set user priority and stuff

>>60601854
Scanning an iPad screen would not work.

Why is printing so complex? I support healthcare software and by far my biggest issue is printing. Like we can interface across vastly different medical record software but not print to a fucking label printer.

>>60605077
>>60601854
see
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>>60599953
If it's on your network, then it's a vulnerability.

Nothing is safe.

>>60599953
lmao just unplug it