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HP sued (again) for blocking third-party ink from printers, accused of monopoly::Suit seeks injunction blocking HP from bricking printers using third-party ink.

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[–] takeda 24 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Is there a place to check and compare printers in respect to this?

I'm currently looking for a printer replacement and don't want to lock myself to printers like these. I know to stay away from HP as it looks like they are the biggest offender. I know that brother generally was good, but I'm not sure if that still holds true.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 11 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, The Verge apparently is fed up with printers

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Except for the Brother printer everyone has.

[–] Senshi 2 points 11 months ago
[–] QuarterSwede 2 points 11 months ago

This is the way.

[–] takeda 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thank you this looks great, but I also want to be able to scan and copy documents on flatbed as sometimes they are connected or can't go into the feeder for other reasons.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Brother also offers many MFPs; the MFC-L5700 for instance, has a feeder and flatbed scanner

[–] takeda 1 points 11 months ago

This one looks very good. I actually was thinking of MFC-L8895CDW which I saw on costco.com, but then I saw MFC-L8900CDW which supposedly is identical to the former and MFC-L8905CDW which costs as much as the one in Costco and was wondering why Costco version costs as much as 8905 and got into a rabbit hole researching what's the difference between them. And ended up not buying anything so far.

Perhaps those are overkill though.

[–] ThePantser 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have a Epson Eco tank printer that you just fill the tanks. There is no way for them to prevent you from using any ink you want.

[–] Kanzar 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah those CISS style ones are awesome, really glad Epson embraced it after years of customers using 3rd party CISS.

If I were to get an inkjet again (I have a bw brother laser MFC), it'd definitely be a ciss.