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time to avoid the HP inkjet printers

Started by crp , Sep 28 2016 10:35 AM

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#1 OFFLINE crp

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Posted 28 September 2016 - 10:35 AM

and yes , the ink can cost more than a new printer. (firmware update from HP disables non-new and non-hp inks)

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#2 OFFLINE ebrke

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Posted 28 September 2016 - 01:00 PM

I signed EFF's petition to HP yesterday, for all the good it will do.

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#3 OFFLINE crp

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Posted 29 September 2016 - 10:38 AM

ebrke, on 28 September 2016 - 01:00 PM, said:

I signed EFF's petition to HP yesterday, for all the good it will do.

Check back in a couple of weeks, it actually may have done good.

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#4 OFFLINE Corrine

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Posted 29 September 2016 - 03:40 PM

Perhaps it did do some good to sign that petition although, according to the article, HP hasn't agreed to keep the ban lifted: HP bows to pressure and backtracks on plans to block third party printer cartridges.

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Posted 29 September 2016 - 06:10 PM

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“We should have done a better job of communicating about the authentication procedure to customers, and we apologize,” HP’s post continued. “As a remedy for the small number of affected customers, we will issue an optional firmware update that will remove the dynamic security feature. We expect the update to be ready within two weeks.”

Keep an eye on this thread for the download link.

https://techcrunch.c...ink-cartridges/

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