Re: HP wants you to rent a printer it monitors

In article <1990991626@f137.n4.z21.fsxnet>,
Ron Lauzon <Ron.Lauzon@f137.n4.z21.fsxnet> wrote:

MM> Such printers are widely available and ink is available from 3rd
MM> parties.
>
And HP (and others) are doing the best to derail you from using 3rd party ink.
>
I used 3rd party ink in one of my HP printers and it simply refused to print.
A previous HP printer that I had actually got messed up after using 3rd party ink.
>
BTW: My next printer will **not** be HP.

It's well known that a laser printer has much lower cost per page
than an ink jet printer.  HP's laser printers have *excellent* Linux
support, as well as network support.  I've been using them exclusively
for over 20 years.
I haven't tested my most recent one if it takes a 3rd party toner
or not, and HP toner is more expensive. OTOH, one cartridge prints
thousands of pages, and the current models do duplexing and scanning
as well.
I'll agree, ink jet printers are a bad deal. Laser printers much less
so.
My two cents.
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