HP settles lawsuit over ink-blocking printer update, with no payout or admission of wrongdoing

[dmatheson]

This should never be an option allowed by the courts. Those that brought the suit should be ashamed of themselves for caving for personal interest.

HP are a disgrace, but the entire printer industry needs to be regulated more heavily as they are all trying this crap on.[

Don't blame the courts alone, it's a shortcoming in consumer protection.

 

[jeffbert]

I have a Brother laser & an HP color, which I use to print parts list for stuff I sell via eBay. Use the laser to print address labels, etc. Had it for over 5 years, have yet to replace the toner.

I bought the HP without knowing the deal with ink. Always buy the XL cartridges from Amazon. Costly, but I never bothered to calculate the usefulness / savings of buy a different brand.

 

[Axiarus]

That aged like milk...

How?

 

[scavengerspc]

I have never used wireless printers. I use wired printers and use a cheap laptop as a print server.
I don't think I ever had a firmware update because they just work.

 

[Brickwizard]

Offices still print tons… it’s just personal users who don’t.

I am a personal user, I print all my own greetings cards, puzzles and games for "she who must be obeyed" Pictures of granddaughter and Gt.Granddaughter as well as paper copies of docs for my records, [No way would I entrust important docs to solely electronic filing