News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on HP Allegedly Time Bombs Unofficial Ink Cartridges from Working in Its Printers. Parent comment

Re:HP Allegedly Time Bombs Unofficial Ink Cartridges from Wo... by daurnimator on Sunday September 18, 2016 @03:06AM (#12524280)
You can also buy mods for printers (I have a http://www.rihac.com.au/ ) to give them proper ink reservoirs.

When I got mine done (a canon) they requested my old empty cartridges, as they just grab the chip out of them and trick it into thinking its always full.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:HP Allegedly Time Bombs Unofficial Ink Cartridges from Wo... by kalleboo on Sunday September 18, 2016 @04:41AM (#12524455)
Some brands have a lifetime counter in the chip and will shut off after a certain X pages no matter how much ink is actually left.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:HP Allegedly Time Bombs Unofficial Ink Cartridges from Wo... by nitrogen on Sunday September 18, 2016 @10:47AM (#12525507)
Haven't some manufacturers of refilled cartridges hacked the firmware for some printers to prevent this, triggering the wrath of the DMCA?
[ Parent | on HN ]