Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of ink

Re:Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of... by throwaway2016a on Saturday October 16, 2021 @01:32PM (#28889589)

I bought an HP color LaserJet in college because my inkjet printers needed constant head cleaning and took forever.

18 years later, still works great and I've only changed the black toner once and never changed the color.

Of course the printer itself costs the same as 5 inkjets and when the toner does need replacing... ouch.

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Re:Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of... by tgsovlerkhgsel on Saturday October 16, 2021 @01:36PM (#28889638)

Isn't one of the big issues with old laser printers that they consume obscene amounts of electricity (>100W) when in stand-by?

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Re:Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of... by throwaway2016a on Saturday October 16, 2021 @01:44PM (#28889737)

I've never measured but probably. I think that is more a problem for businesses though. For home use though, I just shut it off when not using it.

If you really want I suppose you could put it on a ZWave or Wifi switch so you could turn it on remotely.

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Re:Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of... by mrexroad on Saturday October 16, 2021 @03:53PM (#28890885)

That’s exactly what we’ve done. Threw a HomeKit controlled plug behind it, added automations for it to be on when high probability of being used and off otherwise. Beyond that, it’s only a, “Hey Siri, turn on the printer” to start printing.

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