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by pc86 3483 days ago
> the port on HP printers that sends every byte straight to print

That seems like a design flaw. :)

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I remember my first epson dot matrix receiving data from my z80.

Print a graphic was done by sending exactly every dot to it, I mean, 1 to put a dot on the paper, 0 to blank. Encoded as a byte...

At a minimum, it seems like a way to DOS an HP printer...
Now that's "Resource Exhaustion".
And not just the paper. You might be able to DOS the ink as well.
If we are going there, toner