HP’s long-running use of firmware updates that block third-party ink and toner cartridges is drawing scrutiny again – this time under a new global sustainability standard that explicitly forbids the practice.
The International Imaging Technology Council (Int’l ITC), a trade group for cartridge remanufacturers, says HP’s latest printer firmware rollout conflicts with the requirements of the General Electronics Council’s (GEC) updated Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, or EPEAT 2.0.
Nobody buys HP anymore , HP stands for Has Problems
I used to work with a lot of HP’s industrial printers. The automated maintenance routines always take so damn long, and they break all the time. We always said HP stands for Have Patience.
Made the mistake of buying a HP “gaming laptop.” The goddamn thing chugs if you have five browser tabs open.
The last time we tried using them, the computer came with Windows 98…
They were horrible back then, not really sure how they are still in business.
Yeah, the problem is that they’re anti-consumer.
I thought it stood for Horrible Product.
Nah… My office does, and then pays a vendor to handle the issues (I work in IT, fixing those problems is literally my job) and they still cheap out on knock off toner (some of which works). It makes me sad…