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Re:HP Allegedly Time Bombs Unofficial Ink Cartridges from Wo... by flyinghamster on Sunday September 18, 2016 @08:21AM (#12524995)
Join the club. At my office we had an OfficeJet, and it "expired" a printhead. It won't even allow you to SCAN unless the printhead is replaced.

No more HP for me. Never again.

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Re:HP Allegedly Time Bombs Unofficial Ink Cartridges from Wo... by pauldotknopf on Sunday September 18, 2016 @10:30AM (#12525438)
They also print advertising without your knowledge.

http://www.dailytech.com/HPs+Web+Connected+Printers+May+Prin...

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Re:HP Allegedly Time Bombs Unofficial Ink Cartridges from Wo... by userbinator on Sunday September 18, 2016 @10:49AM (#12525519)
That article was 6 years ago and I haven't really heard of anything about printers containing adware since then, so I suppose the amount of negative reaction that generated was enough for them to abandon the idea.
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Re:HP Allegedly Time Bombs Unofficial Ink Cartridges from Wo... by csomar on Sunday September 18, 2016 @05:23PM (#12527270)
I had this exact same problem with Epson too. It's a general practice in this industry.
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