What HP Must Do to Make Amends for Its Self-Destructing Printers
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#2Or they could just never never sell anything to an informed party again.
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#3Watch it being completely ignored by HP.
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#4Epson with their ink-tank system is where the future is at. I see this being used widely around people I know.
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#5I generally like the EFF, and I'm a member (albeit at a low paying level)... but if you're really unhappy about this, isn't it better just to stop buying HP printer products?
Rather than being so activist & "omg outrage!", why doesn't the EFF publish a list of printers that the EFF currently does recommend? Almost like the Wirecutter does with their product testing reviews. (It sounds like Epson might be one alternative with the EcoTank range.) They could evaluate products against EFF values (driver compatibility with Linux / BSD maybe?) and it would be a more positive & productive response than social media outrage.
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#6Epson with their ink-tank system is where the future is at. I see this being used widely around people I know.
Why? Color laser printers are getting fairly cheap (mine's a basic printer, granted, but it was quite a bit cheaper than the cheapest EcoTank models). You don't have to worry about your ink drying out or print heads getting clogged.
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#7Epson with their ink-tank system is where the future is at. I see this being used widely around people I know.
Why? Color laser printers are getting fairly cheap (mine's a basic printer, granted, but it was quite a bit cheaper than the cheapest EcoTank models). You don't have to worry about your ink drying out or print heads getting clogged.
That's great if you print a couple of hundred pages a year, but if you print a couple of hundred pages a day a cheap color laser printer will be very expensive to run and it'll break down often enough to be a significant problem.
No doubt your printer serves you well, but that doesn't mean it's a good solution for everyone.
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#8Epson with their ink-tank system is where the future is at. I see this being used widely around people I know.
Why? Color laser printers are getting fairly cheap (mine's a basic printer, granted, but it was quite a bit cheaper than the cheapest EcoTank models). You don't have to worry about your ink drying out or print heads getting clogged.
This. I purchased a multifunction HP color Laserjet (M477fdn) from Costco for $340. The only thing it can't do is glossy photographs.
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#9HP has also failed to provide drivers for Windows 7 to many of its printers.
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#10I generally like the EFF, and I'm a member (albeit at a low paying level)... but if you're really unhappy about this, isn't it better just to stop buying HP printer products? Rather than being so activist & "omg outrage!", why doesn't the EFF publish a list of printers that the EFF currently does recommend? Almost like the Wirecutter does with their product testing reviews. (It sounds like Epson might be one alternat…
Doesn't seem like they are mutually exclusive. Why not do both?