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HP sued (again) for blocking third-party ink from printers, accused of monopoly (arstechnica.com)

submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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HP sued (again) for blocking third-party ink from printers, accused of monopoly::Suit seeks injunction blocking HP from bricking printers using third-party ink.

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[–] HejMedDig@feddit.dk 45 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Brother

[–] omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What a great article 😄

[+] beckerist@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

It seems any printer that comes with ink tanks might be a valuable alternative.

It's possible to fill HP printer cartridges yourself (speaking as the unfortunate owner of one such device), but it's not particularly easy, and that possibility only extends as far as firmware updates allow... apparently.

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I bought one years ago that still functions on $15 high yield toner that lasts us a year.

Recently bought one for work for $199 (has an ADF) since the HPs stopped printing at all. It was the type that have the long ink cartridges for like $70. Had an employee that needed to print something quick from his phone for work and he couldn’t believe how easy and quick it printed compared to the HP. I think his quote was, “damn, that was awesome.”

Brother is the only printer that just works anymore.

[–] HejMedDig@feddit.dk 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, The Verge apparently is fed up with printers

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Except for the Brother printer everyone has.

[–] takeda@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Thank you, this looks good, but it is my fault for not clarifying that I also want a scanner and ability to copy documents.

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

This is the way.

[–] takeda@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thank you this looks great, but I also want to be able to scan and copy documents on flatbed as sometimes they are connected or can't go into the feeder for other reasons.

[–] stranger@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Brother also offers many MFPs; the MFC-L5700 for instance, has a feeder and flatbed scanner

[–] takeda@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

This one looks very good. I actually was thinking of MFC-L8895CDW which I saw on costco.com, but then I saw MFC-L8900CDW which supposedly is identical to the former and MFC-L8905CDW which costs as much as the one in Costco and was wondering why Costco version costs as much as 8905 and got into a rabbit hole researching what's the difference between them. And ended up not buying anything so far.

Perhaps those are overkill though.