HP is in the spotlight: the United States company has decided to re-block printers that use non-original cartridges.
The drama of printers, ink cartridges, and HP lockouts seems to be endless. Just 8 months ago the United States company was forced to pay a fine of 1.35 million dollars for having blocked the use of ink cartridges from other manufacturers on their printers.
Yes, he has had to pay a million-dollar fine for a situation that, to this day, has been repeated again. What is happening with HP printers? Little is known, but what is clear is that the company does not like users to bet on competitive cartridges that, coincidentally, have a lower price.
In the end it all comes down to this, and that is, HP seems not to be happy with the use of lower priced cartridges. These cartridges, in principle, do not pose any type of risk to their printers, although the company assures that this is the case and because of this are dedicated to blocking third-party cartridges in their printers.
How does the HP printer detect that a cartridge is not original? Firmware is the key to everything and, in fact, it’s the way HP has maintained control of its printers up until now. This allows that, when reading that the cartridges are not original, the printer does not allow any type of printing.
HP blocks your printer if you do not use original cartridges
Taking this into account, what has happened is that users have asked HP for explanations and it has responded to everything commented. Of course, the response they have offered has not been entirely pleasant. What HP says is that third-party ink cartridges use chips or circuits that can present risks to printers.
Come on, these cartridges pose a danger to printers and, unfortunately, HP takes this into account, therefore the action they take is to block these printers and prevent them from printing. The situation is not ideal at all, especially when the user should be the real owner of their peripherals. and therefore use whatever you want to use in them.
HP has also not provided a list of printers that will be blocked if a non-genuine cartridge is used. We will have to see how this develops and, above all, if HP has to pay a fine again due to carrying out an action that goes against all users.