Cartridge cannot be used until printer is enrolled in HP Instant Ink

Re:Cartridge cannot be used until printer is enrolled in HP ... by vl on Saturday January 18, 2020 @04:03AM (#22083308)

On top of that companies make refillable inkjets now. I own Epson like this - runs out of ink, add more ink from the bottle. I’m completely satisfied because there is no cartridge nonsense. In theory I can use cheaper non-Epson ink, but I don’t bother since cost is reasonable.

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Re:Cartridge cannot be used until printer is enrolled in HP ... by tomjen3 on Saturday January 18, 2020 @10:11AM (#22084808)

Am I completely out of the loop? Ink-jet printers were always an insane rip-of, and I got a laser printer once those became cheap enough a bit more than a decade ago. Can't do color, but it prints pretty fast and you don't get issues if the paper gets wet.

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Re:Cartridge cannot be used until printer is enrolled in HP ... by hedora on Saturday January 18, 2020 @10:56AM (#22085056)

I went with a Samsung postscript compatible, duplex black and white laser 5+ years ago. It was a bit over $100. The only problem I’ve had is that there’s a wifi setup button that the cat presses, which disconnects it from wifi.

These days, a duplex, 600 dpi color laser is < $200 (though the first hit is a Canon that is not postscript, smb, or lpr compatible, so watch your wallet...)

My last N inkjets died due to dried up heads (a Brother all in one scanner printer dried out and ruined the permanent heads in a month or two, on the starter cartridge!) or removal of windows driver support (It was an HP; Linux still worked fine...).

Sadly, Samsung sold their printer business to HP. The model I have costs more used than I paid for it new. :-(

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Re:Cartridge cannot be used until printer is enrolled in HP ... by LyndsySimon on Saturday January 18, 2020 @12:15PM (#22085571)

I use a government surplus HP Laserjet 1160. I spotted it on top of a dumpster when I was a poor college kid, took it home, and used it for months before I had to buy toner for it.

Generic toner cartridges are $15, and last months to years for me. The printer still has a “Department of Defense” inventory sticker on it.

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Re:Cartridge cannot be used until printer is enrolled in HP ... by vl on Saturday January 18, 2020 @02:07PM (#22086345)

They figured out there is a market segment for cartridge-less refillable inkjets and now sell them as well. They cost more than regular inkjets, on par with cheap laser printers.

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Re:Cartridge cannot be used until printer is enrolled in HP ... by scarface74 on Saturday January 18, 2020 @10:46AM (#22084993)

Yes people who want to print color by color printers. Color printing has been a thing for two decades.

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Re:Cartridge cannot be used until printer is enrolled in HP ... by zaroth on Saturday January 18, 2020 @10:39AM (#22084958)

Amazing when a competitive market leads companies to offer a diverse set of products under various theories of finding product-market fit by prioritizing either end-user convenience vs. price & economy!

Also amazing that people will get angry that a company would dare offer a product that doesn’t exactly conform to their own ideological bent.

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Re:Cartridge cannot be used until printer is enrolled in HP ... by asdff on Saturday January 18, 2020 @04:46AM (#22083465)

I bet that epson still has a programmed death event and will start barking about the print head after x number of pages. We needed an open source printer yesterday, but of course the priorities aren't there because it is just a printer after all.

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Re:Cartridge cannot be used until printer is enrolled in HP ... by vl on Saturday January 18, 2020 @05:27AM (#22083619)

Nay, they just sell it at full unsubsidized price, it’s not cheap.

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Re:Cartridge cannot be used until printer is enrolled in HP ... by sleavey on Saturday January 18, 2020 @07:00AM (#22083940)

What's the model?

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Re:Cartridge cannot be used until printer is enrolled in HP ... by defqon on Saturday January 18, 2020 @10:47AM (#22084997)

Not OP so not 100% certain, but it's likely to be an Epson Ecotank printer.

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Re:Cartridge cannot be used until printer is enrolled in HP ... by vl on Saturday January 18, 2020 @02:03PM (#22086313)

Epson EcoTank ET-3760

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