It comes as no surprise that printer ink is expensive. Printer manufacturers operate on the classic razor-and-blade business model: sell printers at low prices to lock customers into purchasing ...

Owners of HP laser printers are complaining about a firmware update that stops the hardware from printing, where the toner ...

Oftentimes, lower-quality draft mode is more than sufficient for most print jobs. This can help increase page yields. Nearly ...

A new firmware update has rendered some HP LaserJet printers inoperable, even when using HP’s own toner, Ars Technica reports. The update, version 20250209, was released on March 4, 2025 for HP’s ...

Home printing has become more complicated and expensive than it needs to be. Printer companies make customers constantly refill ink cartridges and even started charging a monthly subscription to print ...

“There’s a perception that ink is one of the most expensive substances in the world,” says Thom Brown, marketing manager at HP. Well, yeah. One might get that feeling walking out of a store having ...

The company is blocking the use of non-HP ink with a ‘security’ update that’s meant to ‘protect the quality’ of customer experience. The company is blocking the use of non-HP ink with a ‘security’ ...

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