Judge denies HP’s plea to throw out all-in-one printer lockdown lawsuit - AiO devices won’t scan or fax without ink, and plaintiffs say IT giant illegally withheld that info from buyers::AiO devices won’t scan or fax without ink, and plaintiffs say IT giant illegally withheld that info from buyers

  • C4d@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The last and only printer that I bought from HP worked well and didn’t pull any shenanigans, it was a Laserjet 5L.

    Since then, feedback from colleagues and what I’ve seen from reviews and tech communities put me off buying HP again. Between their cloud printing, their inkjet cartridge verification and the USB ports covered in stickers and now this…

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      1 year ago

      Yeah HP is a disaster.

      They used to make good calculators too, including a financial model so good that I bought an Android emulator.

    • krayj@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I still have a LaserJet 4000N in service (circa 1997 - same era as the 5L) and it’s a workhorse that never dies. Once upon a time, HP did take pride in their products. Even then, though, their toner cartridges were abusively overpriced - they just hadn’t yet figured out how to prevent 3rd party competition.