If your printer suddenly doesn’t work at all, it could be the manufacturer’s stupid trick

HP has been criticized for a feature in its printers that restricts the use of third-party ink cartridges. The company justifies the practice with information security issues. In 2016, HP introduced a feature to some of its printers that aims to eradicate the use of non-original HP ink cartridges. The function, which has since been implemented in many other HP printers with a software update, has been justified, for example, by improving the user experience.

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