HP customers claim firmware update rendered third-party ink verboten | Then the company cranked up the price of cartridges, complaint alleges::Then the company cranked up the price of cartridges, complaint alleges
I work on copiers for a living. Seriously, fuck HP.
I swear they’re designed not to be worked on. Just speaking of the fuser on any Laserjet photocopier, they heat up and cool down constantly. Obviously stuff is going to break and it needs to be repaired.
HP says fuck you! On the little desktop printers, on some models, you have to take all plastic panels off, and they all connect to each other so good luck getting it put back together right. They’re built exactly like a rubix cube. I literally clip off plastic tabs and just leave it. The customer never knows.
I’ve been through official HP training. They told me “we can’t teach you on a specific model because we average a new model every month, so we’ll just give you a ball park on what to look for”
I stopped calling HP support because they don’t even know their own machines. Shout-out to Laser Pros, they’re the best.
HP would literally shoot your pet if it was profitable.
We need a properly-open sourced printer at this point.
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Are there government consumer projection people working but no one has ever submitted a report so they just don’t know?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
HP is facing a potential class action complaint regarding a firmware update that rendered its printers unable to use ink from any other supplier.
The complaint [PDF] centers around a firmware update issued between late 2022 and early 2023 that is alleged to have disabled a customer’s printer if a replacement cartridge that was not HP-branded was installed.
It adds: “In effect, HP used the software update to create a monopoly in the aftermarket for replacement cartridges, permitting it to raise prices without fear of being undercut by competitors.”
The complaint claims “the costs of ink for the All-in-One is not trivial or fleeting,” and draws a comparison between the $100 needed for a typical set of HP-branded replacement cartridges versus those of a competitor, which it says can be half the price.
HP’s end user license agreement states that using a third-party cartridge won’t invalidate a warranty.
Ir is seeking class certification, compensation from the printer giant, and an injunction to disable the part of the firmware updates that prevent the use of third-party ink.
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My favourite printer brand.
Why does anyone still buy HP?
They sell the printers below cost.
Somebody tell me again why we, as a society, still print things? Other than publishing, why do we need printers?
cmon now. no victim blaming.
what if i just want to print a coloring book for my kid? there are perfectly valid reason to want to print things, and it should not be as difficult/stupid as it is today.
I ship a lotta servers, still need connotes
My ailing grandfather has no phome nor computer, I send him letters every month with full colour pictures of myself and family.
That said I use my local print shop because I’d rather pay $0.50 per page than have my $25 inkjet printer cartridge deplete after 10 pages.
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