Malware threat from third-party cartridges nothing compared to threat to HP's bottom line
  • pepperprepper@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have always had a conspiracy theory that the ink management requirements are set by national security input. All printers have a yellow dot pattern added to every print to identify the printer by a forensics team. I wonder if this is why the ink landscape is so shifty. They want to make sure those dots get printed. My thought on why you can’t print black and white when you are only missing colored ink.

    • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlineEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’m just now having to replace my brother printer (HL-2170W) I bought in 06, because the NIC is toast.

      The printer still works great, but duplex printing sure would be nice.