HP’s long-running use of firmware updates that block third-party ink and toner cartridges is drawing scrutiny again – this time under a new global sustainability standard that explicitly forbids the practice.
The International Imaging Technology Council (Int’l ITC), a trade group for cartridge remanufacturers, says HP’s latest printer firmware rollout conflicts with the requirements of the General Electronics Council’s (GEC) updated Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, or EPEAT 2.0.
I got a cheap Xerox laser printer, the toner is cheap and lasts forever.
I still use a Brother laser printers, that’s at least 15 years old. Got it for free a decade ago. It just keeps printing.
I got ecotank, I can literally pour any ink I want inside and it works fine. Why would anyone buy HP?
How are Xerox laser printers compared to other printers you used?
It’s a cheap Chinese made, it prints when I turn it on and that’s like every two months for the last 3 years. So I guess it’s good. I also only use it to print from linux or my phone.