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'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award | Not satisfied with merely bricking printers, HP now wants to own them al... (www.pcgamer.com)
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'Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription' says HP CEO gunning for 2024's Worst Person of the Year award | Not satisfied with merely bricking printers, HP now wants to own them al...::It was only the other day we reported how HP has been slapped with a lawsuit in response to measures that disable its printers when fitted with a third-party ink cartridge. Now the company's CEO,

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[–] Tenthrow@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Laser Printers for the win. The toner can feel expensive but so much better value than inkjet.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I gotta disagree on the expense, at least for B&W. I have an old HP and the cartridges are $20 and print 1,000 pages.

[–] Delta_V@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

That's double the cost per page versus a good laser printer even when it works right, but inkjet cartridges will dry out and clog if you don't use them for a few days so they rarely work right.