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HP's long-running use of firmware updates that block third-party ink and toner cartridges is drawing scrutiny again – this time under a new global sustainability standard that explicitly forbids the practice.

The International Imaging Technology Council (Int'l ITC), a trade group for cartridge remanufacturers, says HP's latest printer firmware rollout conflicts with the requirements of the General Electronics Council's (GEC) updated Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, or EPEAT 2.0.

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[–] atropa@piefed.social 35 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

Nobody buys HP anymore , HP stands for Has Problems

[–] 69420@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

I used to work with a lot of HP's industrial printers. The automated maintenance routines always take so damn long, and they break all the time. We always said HP stands for Have Patience.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 hours ago

I thought it stood for Horrible Product.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 11 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, the problem is that they're anti-consumer.

[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

The last time we tried using them, the computer came with Windows 98...

They were horrible back then, not really sure how they are still in business.

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

Nah... My office does, and then pays a vendor to handle the issues (I work in IT, fixing those problems is literally my job) and they still cheap out on knock off toner (some of which works). It makes me sad...