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Re:HP printers should have EPEAT ecolabels revoked, trade gr... by wongarsu on Sunday May 28, 2023 @12:23PM (#36105442)
"Buy a laser printer" is maybe the best workaround. Preferably a slightly older one. Inkjet printers have little competition (3 manufacturers that hold the patents) and are sold in a "give away the razor, sell the blades" type of deal. This is creeping into some of the laser printers lately, and of course there's still differences between brands, but if you pick up a inkjet printer and a random laser printer you will have far less trouble with the laser printer.
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Re:HP printers should have EPEAT ecolabels revoked, trade gr... by barbariangrunge on Sunday May 28, 2023 @08:25PM (#36109200)
My hp laser printer is unusable right now. I can’t get it to print anything consistently. A week later, it sometimes prints half of what I asked it to print
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Re:HP printers should have EPEAT ecolabels revoked, trade gr... by 2Gkashmiri on Sunday May 28, 2023 @11:19PM (#36110237)
I own an HP 5850 inktank printer that stats show I've printed 28k pages and around 4k scans.

You just buy a bottle and pour it in the reservoir.

No chips, no updates. No firmware.

It does have the cleaning head issue that jams and says you only can do it 3 times which I suspect is based on number of pages printed and not actual health of head but not sure.

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