For all you fans that like to save money on your printers:

The inkjet printer market has been a ridiculously profitable racket for HP and its ilk for decades, and manufacturers have fought tooth and nail to keep it that way. HP launched the latest salvo in this effort earlier this month, when a six-month-old firmware update suddenly kicked in and locked out third-party ink cartridges.
Multiple models in HP’s OfficeJet, OfficeJet Pro, and OfficeJet Pro X were all affected, even though none of these models had seen a firmware update in the past six months. The consensus is that HP actually baked this response into the March 2016 update it released, but told no one it was coming. This ensured more people would adopt the firmware and report that it worked without incident.
 
In a statement to the BBC, HP noted that some devices had been updated with this functionality via firmware, while others had shipped with the necessary chips and capabilities from Day 1. “The purpose of this update is to protect HP’s innovations and intellectual property,” HP said in a statement. “In many cases, this functionality was installed in the HP printer and in some cases it has been implemented as part of an update to the printer’s firmware.”

http://www.extremetech.com/electronics/235988-hp-inkjet-printers-refuse-to-accept-third-party-ink-cartridges-after-firmware-update

I stopped using HP years ago when they had the big fiasco about the timed ink cartridges and I had one of their printers. http://www.consumerreport...n-settlement/index.htm

I also stopped using inkjet printers because of how much ink they waste when sitting idle. People are so blind to this whole business. A $50 printer that costs $60 for new ink... Plus most people don't know that new printer comes with "starter" ink that's gimped to only print a couple hundred pages if that.

Delete plz

Shockjockey
Whats up with multiple posting?

Probably a small glitch on the forums but right now all is well.