[Sans-Culotte]

I had an HP inkhet printer that I ended up throwing in the garbage because it kept saying I had non-HP ink and would not operate. I never bought any non-HP ink unless it was counterfeit and I did not know it. I always get my name brand inks at Office Depot or Fry's. I read online that a lot of people had trouble with HP printers giving a false reading on the ink type. I think the ink sensor was too aggressive. I am now using Canon printers with Canon ink.

At work, we all have HP laser printers with non-HP cartridges that work just fine.

[Hot Tabasco]

A friend once told me that HP was busted for under filling their cartridges. Is that true?

[Buckeye McFrog]

Keeping prices up and competition down
for the ChiCom government to release their own knock-offs.

[arthurus]

I have given up on inkjets altogether. I have had Lexmarks, Canons, Epson, and several HPs. All were useful for about a year, One lasted 14 months. One 11 months. The others right at a year. I do not put that much paper through them for the most part, except for one of the Lexmarks. It got used as much as three of the others. It lasted 54 weeks than just stopped working. I have wondered if they are programmed for a year’s use but each has failed in a different way except that the three HPs all just one day stopped picking up the paper. I have also a wide dot matrix printer I have had since 1993 that gets s lot of use and just keeps on keeping on. I have for regular use now a Brother laser printer. I have not had it long but My son’s Brother has been running perfectly for 4 years now.

[PUGACHEV]

"I had an HP inkhet printer that I ended up throwing in the garbage because it kept saying I had non-HP ink and would not operate."

I have a Brother inkjet printer which shuts down occasionally with the message "[some color] cartridge not recognized". What it turns out to be is one of the contacts on the cartridge chip is not making good contact. Taking the cartridge out and cleaning the chip contacts with a pencil eraser always solves the problem.

[sarge83]

When our college went to Windows 10 our desktop HP laserjets were working great, but they were not compatible Windows 10 despite our IT departments best efforts to find a working driver. I contacted HP was told we will not be issuing a driver for Windows 10 you need to go buy another HP printer that is compatible. I said I will certainly upgrade but not with an HP. We have Dell printers that have been going strong on generic carts. for years.

My son and his wife are buying a new desktop and she has an HP injet that is constantly wanting ink carts or won’t work because it drys up. I told my son when you buy the desktop pay the extra and get a laserjet and not an HP, it’s worth it in the long run. HP can stick it!

[Engedi]

I have an HP printer and normally get ink at Office Depot/Office Max- then a re-ink store started up. You bring your empty ink cartridge and then give you one that has been refilled with ink that fits your printer.

I got home and printer rejected it and said not an HP ink cartridge. Arrrgh returned and went to Office Max.