HP releases firmware update that block all unofficial ink on some printers

neoprema said:
I’m not entirely against this. I’ve found generic cartridges and toners to be unreliable, bad quality and just downright rubbish and leaking many a time. It’s usually not worth it.
What would help is bringing the originals price down.
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If the ink didn’t cost as much or more than the printer; that’s be a start. Generics exist for a reason.

Then again I haven’t needed a printer in many years.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
I have a pre-2016 7740 which is giving trouble. HP's partners in SA claim it to be EoL, and insists on it being replaced with a newer model. It is both a A3/A4 printer which isn't widely available. I can't say that I have seen 'generic' cartridges, but I can get authentic ink bundles at a good price, and without that special I would chuck the machine. It is crazy now where the ink is priced at.

Just know that the Samsung printers are HP too now and some have already been updated.

Try to keep the old models.
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This happened to my Samsung printer, they are basically creating viruses.
 
newby_investor said:
Maybe there is a good consumer-friendly printer company but I'm not aware of one at the moment. Brother used to be it but from what I understand their recent models have started to introduce this kind of DRM as well. Thus far it's a much better experience just to use a printing service which has professional-grade printers, on the odd occasion when I have needed it.
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Had an HP for years, and I swear every time I needed to print it would give me trouble. Either it wouldn't connect, or it had issues with the ink, or it would just say no.

So I threw it in the bin and got myself a Brother DCP-1610W. It works like normal computer hardware. i.e. it just works.
 
r00igev@@r said:
The old ones that actually behaved were the parallel port Epson dot-matrix printers. They then decided to manufacture kek after that...
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New dot matrix printers are still available. They are bought by companies that have long invoice runs or payslip runs. That's their only use really.
 
neoprema said:
I’m not entirely against this. I’ve found generic cartridges and toners to be unreliable, bad quality and just downright rubbish and leaking many a time. It’s usually not worth it.
What would help is bringing the originals price down.
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Brand new generic laser cartridges for my Samsung branded Hp laser is R180 on Takealot, they’ve never given issues and they have lots of positive reviews. Best printer ever, I’ll be careful not to update the firmware though.
 
airborne said:
Brand new generic laser cartridges for my Samsung branded Hp laser is R180 on Takealot, they’ve never given issues and they have lots of positive reviews. Best printer ever, I’ll be careful not to update the firmware though.
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I've had an HP, Kyocera, Canon, Lexmark and Epson trough the last decade - they all either failed shortly after going generic, or they printed badly all of a sudden or on 2 of them they leaked.
At home, we've currently got a Canon Maxify. It has been bullet-proof - 3 years of absolutely perfect printing and I only bought original cartridges. I go away for a while for work and one of the family members bought generic cartridges on Takealot 4 months ago and put them in and accepted the Canon disclaimer on the printer screen that said it may damage the printer :rolleyes:. I've had nothing but printing errors, smudges, and for some reason insanely slow prints.

Maybe its fluke and depends on the printer brand but i'm not touching generics ever lol.
 
neoprema said:
I've had an HP, Kyocera, Canon, Lexmark and Epson trough the last decade - they all either failed shortly after going generic, or they printed badly all of a sudden or on 2 of them they leaked.
At home, we've currently got a Canon Maxify. It has been bullet-proof - 3 years of absolutely perfect printing and I only bought original cartridges. I go away for a while for work and one of the family members bought generic cartridges on Takealot 4 months ago and put them in and accepted the Canon disclaimer on the printer screen that said it may damage the printer :rolleyes:. I've had nothing but printing errors, smudges, and for some reason insanely slow prints.

Maybe its fluke and depends on the printer brand but i'm not touching generics ever lol.
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I mean this is fine, it’s always at your own risk. If you want to pay full price it’s your prerogative and no one says you shouldn’t.

I think the principle here is that HP wants to place limits on what you can do with your own property hat you bought and paid for. Which is what I personally chafe at.
 
newby_investor said:
I mean this is fine, it’s always at your own risk. If you want to pay full price it’s your prerogative and no one says you shouldn’t.

I think the principle here is that HP wants to place limits on what you can do with your own property hat you bought and paid for. Which is what I personally chafe at.
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Yes but, is it any worse than BMW, Toyota, Mazda etc saying your warranty is void if you replace a part on the car with something generic and (in 99% of cases) inferior quality?

Then you have someone going around saying what a rubbish printer HP is, posting it on social media that people shouldn't buy it, its prints terrible - but the cause is actually inferior quality parts you put it in?
 
He he, I still have a HP Deskjet F380 from 2006 in a cupboard...anyone interested?
 
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neoprema said:
Yes but, is it any worse than BMW, Toyota, Mazda etc saying your warranty is void if you replace a part on the car with something generic and (in 99% of cases) inferior quality?

Then you have someone going around saying what a rubbish printer HP is, posting it on social media that people shouldn't buy it, its prints terrible - but the cause is actually inferior quality parts you put it in?
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Not the same thing. They're voiding your warranty, not preventing you outright...
 
Time to ditch inkjet printers. Laser printers are far more cost effective and they don't clog up when you don't use them for a week either.
 
neoprema said:
Yes but, is it any worse than BMW, Toyota, Mazda etc saying your warranty is void if you replace a part on the car with something generic and (in 99% of cases) inferior quality?

Then you have someone going around saying what a rubbish printer HP is, posting it on social media that people shouldn't buy it, its prints terrible - but the cause is actually inferior quality parts you put it in?
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So if you put generic brake pads on your BMW, should it just simply refuse to start until you throw them away and replace them with BMW-branded ones?
 
Rickster said:
He he, I still have a HP Deskjet F380 in a cupboard...anyone interested?
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I got a old deskjet 3070 all in one, still working strong but really, when changing the ink it's like a new head so the only components are the scanner, belt and software really.
 
newby_investor said:
So if you put generic brake pads on your BMW, should it just simply refuse to start until you throw them away and replace them with BMW-branded ones?
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I have no issue with printer manufacturers doing this type of thing if it's known upfront to the buyer of the printer. Where I draw the line though is when, for example, they disable the device's other functions (scanning/faxing etc) when the consumables run out.
 
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