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HP's ink-blocking firmware may violate new global sustainability rules

HP's ink-blocking firmware may violate new global sustainability rules - Lemmy NZ

>HP’s long-running use of firmware updates that block third-party ink and toner cartridges is drawing scrutiny again – this time under a new global sustainability standard that explicitly forbids the practice. > >The International Imaging Technology Council (Int’l ITC), a trade group for cartridge remanufacturers, says HP’s latest printer firmware rollout conflicts with the requirements of the General Electronics Council’s (GEC) updated Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, or EPEAT 2.0.

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Brummbaer Mar 16

I got a cheap Xerox laser printer, the toner is cheap and lasts forever.

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MashedTech Mar 16

How are Xerox laser printers compared to other printers you used?

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Brummbaer

It’s a cheap Chinese made, it prints when I turn it on and that’s like every two months for the last 3 years. So I guess it’s good. I also only use it to print from linux or my phone.