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HP discontinues online-only LaserJet printers in response to backlash

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Re: HP discontinues online-only LaserJet printers in response to backlash

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Post by fullspectrumdev »

mrweasel wrote: post #34

What I find extremely annoying is that no one is charge saw this coming. How stupid do you need to be to release an online-only subscription laser printer? Somewhere in the HP hierarchy reality is removed. I feel like at least one of the lower level people saw this coming. Somewhere in the management layers this became a good idea, an idea completely removed from reality. The only logic that makes sense is that you h…

> Somewhere in the HP hierarchy reality is removed.

This has been the case for well over a decade at least by now, unfortunately :(

Re: HP discontinues online-only LaserJet printers in response to backlash

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Post by Havoc »

mrweasel wrote: post #34

What I find extremely annoying is that no one is charge saw this coming. How stupid do you need to be to release an online-only subscription laser printer? Somewhere in the HP hierarchy reality is removed. I feel like at least one of the lower level people saw this coming. Somewhere in the management layers this became a good idea, an idea completely removed from reality. The only logic that makes sense is that you h…

> no one is charge saw this coming

They just don’t care. Corporate tactics 101 - push limits until someone screams bloody murder.

It’s the big corporate equivalent of move fast and Break things that is so beloved of SV

Re: HP discontinues online-only LaserJet printers in response to backlash

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Post by cubefox »

immibis wrote: post #31
ogou wrote: post #9

I found one these all-in-one units out on sidewalk and thought I had scored a cool freebie. It was nearly new. Now I know why they threw it away. Total garbage and bricked without that HP+ subscription. Can't use the scanner because the ink is too low. The worst part is that I couldn't even reset the printer to use a new subscription! It was tied to the previous owner at a hardware level and support said I had to con…

In Germany, walk down the street to the print shop with a USB drive and give them about 10 cents per page.

It's significantly more than that.

Re: HP discontinues online-only LaserJet printers in response to backlash

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Post by AdamN »

MrSkelter wrote: post #21
ogou wrote: post #9

I found one these all-in-one units out on sidewalk and thought I had scored a cool freebie. It was nearly new. Now I know why they threw it away. Total garbage and bricked without that HP+ subscription. Can't use the scanner because the ink is too low. The worst part is that I couldn't even reset the printer to use a new subscription! It was tied to the previous owner at a hardware level and support said I had to con…

America requires tons of paper. The uS banking system is appallingly primitive and any reasonably non mundane or international transaction requires in person visits and paperwork. Canon make very good printers with massive tanks and no online bullshit. Lasers are really only needed for super high volumes at this point. With megatank printers there is no real cost saving with a laser and they are much more limited. Th…

I'm a big fan of my b&w Brother laser printer even though I don't do big jobs. It always works, is fast, and cheap.

Re: HP discontinues online-only LaserJet printers in response to backlash

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Post by WmWsjA6B29B4nfk »

immibis wrote: post #31
ogou wrote: post #9

I found one these all-in-one units out on sidewalk and thought I had scored a cool freebie. It was nearly new. Now I know why they threw it away. Total garbage and bricked without that HP+ subscription. Can't use the scanner because the ink is too low. The worst part is that I couldn't even reset the printer to use a new subscription! It was tied to the previous owner at a hardware level and support said I had to con…

In Germany, walk down the street to the print shop with a USB drive and give them about 10 cents per page.

Until the next covid lockdown.

Re: HP discontinues online-only LaserJet printers in response to backlash

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Post by _joel »

nehal3m wrote: post #5

I'm probably super biased because I work in a relatively modern office that produces relatively modern tech, but we barely ever use paper for anything anymore. The same goes for my home office use; I moved a few months ago and left my printer behind. With the advent of QR code tickets and parcel barcodes and iOS's Continuity scanning features I just don't see the point of having a space-, paper- and toner-eating mons…

Yes, people do rely on them still. Some airlines still stipulate a printed pass (despite the phone pdf/app still being viable). There's also a bunch of forms that still need printing out to be signed (no docusign). I guess that will tail off over time but they're still needed now. Just maybe not for you, some do.

Re: HP discontinues online-only LaserJet printers in response to backlash

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Post by [deleted] »

4gotunameagain wrote: post #18
ogou wrote: post #9

I found one these all-in-one units out on sidewalk and thought I had scored a cool freebie. It was nearly new. Now I know why they threw it away. Total garbage and bricked without that HP+ subscription. Can't use the scanner because the ink is too low. The worst part is that I couldn't even reset the printer to use a new subscription! It was tied to the previous owner at a hardware level and support said I had to con…

Your opinions about these devices are valid, but I highly doubt that any other country is so stuck to physical mail as is Germany. To the point that I wonder how it is still functioning. Only one country away: Denmark. You are provided with a state issued secure email address for all official communication. No paper. Minimal environmental impact. No looking through the 2013 brief to find a paper from the finanzamt.

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Re: HP discontinues online-only LaserJet printers in response to backlash

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Post by MSFT_Edging »

nehal3m wrote: post #5

I'm probably super biased because I work in a relatively modern office that produces relatively modern tech, but we barely ever use paper for anything anymore. The same goes for my home office use; I moved a few months ago and left my printer behind. With the advent of QR code tickets and parcel barcodes and iOS's Continuity scanning features I just don't see the point of having a space-, paper- and toner-eating mons…

I went for years without a printer at home. If I needed something printed, I'd mooch off a friend or the office. Then I found a small-business grade brother laser printer for dirt cheap at a thrift shop and I've really liked having it.

Short story you're trying to read but the endless scroll makes you lose your place? Print it. Sheet music you want on-the-go without buying an ipad pro? print it. Funny picture you want to tape to your wall? Print it.

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