submitted 9 months ago by crossmr@kbin.social to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Piracy adjacent here. We have a printer, colour laserjet, that is from another 'region', was a really nice printer and we bought it just before moving and decided to bring it. There is an equivalent printer here with the same cartridges but we've found out they're 'region locked'. Brand is HP/Samsung.

I was wondering if anyone knows if third party cartridges which work around the chip also work around the region protection? We can actually region reset our printer, however 2/4 toner cartridges still have quite a bit in them so we'd like to use those up completely before switching.

Anyone know much about this?

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[-] Bonehead@kbin.social 38 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Brand is HP/Samsung.

There's really only one solution. Dump it and buy a old Brother laser jet. HP printers are specifically designed to make it as difficult as possible to use unless you use it exactly the way they want you to use it. And you're trying to use it in a way they don't approve. Specifically, you're trying to use a Samsung branded printer in an area where only the HP version is sold. I know it's convoluted, I know it's a minor distinction. But this is just how HP works. And it's best that you accept it and move on before you waste anymore money on it.

Edit: Proof...

[-] AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

My little B&W Brother laser printer ('laser jet' is an HP marketing term) is awesome. Its been a workhorse for over a decade with zero problems.

[-] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Mine just doesn’t auto-install with windows, on new machines / windows installs I have to go out of my way to manually download and apply the drivers to get it working. But hey, ~14 years of printing for $100 ain’t bad

[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 12 points 9 months ago

TL;DR: Please dont buy a (new) printer of these brands ever again.

[-] chahk@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago

Proof...

While digital security experts have doubted the veracity of that claim, in any case it doesn't seem consistent with, say, HP allowing USB devices to connect to its laptops, an interface that surely offers more opportunity for viruses and malware to access critical hardware than a printer cartridge.

Stop giving them ideas!