Expected: I cancelled our subscription with HP and they blocked us from being able to use the rest of the ink in our cartridge. ( younsfw.com )

x4740N , 10 months ago

I'm wondering if there's a open source firmware for printers like openwrt for routers

Edit: typo

pizzahoe , 10 months ago

Can't believe this is legal.. is there seriously a subscription model even if you've bought a printer? Does this happen with all hp printers?

TrontheTechie , 10 months ago

I had to buy a printer recently. I intentionally went through all the information i could to find out which manufacturers pull this trick and bought their competitor instead.

Huschke , 10 months ago

Can you share what competitor you bought and some of your findings?

TrontheTechie , 10 months ago

I didn’t have a wide array of choices, as I had a selection of printers in front of me at a brick and mortar store, but I went with the Brother HL-L2325DW. They offer a subscription (I don’t mind an optional convenience and monetization method) but they don’t disable your printer or force you to buy it.

It came with a full sized toner cartridge at about 3,000 pages compared to the “demo cartridge” most printers will give you with the unit, and it worked out of the Box with CUPS and Linux, and was supported by Brother for Windows and Mac.

Wildly enough there was a Linux utility too from Brother, but I didn’t need it.

EdibleFriend , 10 months ago

Brother is the only non-evil company when it comes to printers. Every other printer company would literally stomp on your puppy given the chance.