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HP wants you to print things through its cloud service, wherein you pay a subscription fee for ink and your usage is routed through its servers. To encourage you to do this, it covers the USB port …

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[-] JetAnhyzer@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 year ago

I switched to a brother laser printer last year and will never go back to a hp or Epson, especially ink.

[-] tallwookie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I've been really happy with my samsung laser printer - bought it 10+ years ago, works flawlessly to this day

[-] randint@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Not to defend HP^[1]^, but if you look closely at the picture, the sticker has an arrow suggesting you to peel off the sticker. I would still say that the intentions of even putting this sticker there is malicious though.

a picture of the sticker

[1]: I've also been "scammed" by HP. I have a DeskJet 2130 bought more than 5 years ago. (I guess you could say it was from before HP went greedy.) It was under only very light use (occasional school stuff that needed to be printed out). Every time I came back to the printer after not using the printer for several months, the ink cartridges would have dried out. I would swap them out because they wouldn't work even after shaking, none the wiser that half of the "empty" cartridges probably could have been revived by wiping it with a tissue. (I discovered this only 1 year ago when I tried it.)

[-] Dark_Arc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Inkjet printers need to be used regularly, or go through several cleaning prints (which are features of HP printers). That's not HP scamming you, that's just how inkjet printers are...

That said, IMO, most people are infrequent printers and would be better served by a laser printer. Toner doesn't dry out. I have had a brother laser printer for 3-4 years now and haven't had to change the toner once. Every time I need to print something, it fires right up, and prints it without a fuss.

[-] randint@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I eventually figured that out, hence the quotes. When my HP printer dies, I will replace it with a Brother printer.

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