When it comes to obnoxious DRM and bizarre, greedy restrictions, nobody does it better than printer manufacturers. The industry has long waged a not-so-subtle war on its own customers, routinely ro…
  • CMLVI
    18•2 years ago

    70% of the time, they’re different sizes. And if they aren’t, then the little chip on them let’s the printer know it isn’t the correct cartridge.

    If only it were so simple…

    • Ragnell
      3•2 years ago

      If someone ever made dummy cartridges they would sell nicely, I suspect.

      • @Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
        10•2 years ago

        HP has locked down their cartridges so much that even third party hack ones require extracting the chip from a genuine cartridge.