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Bought genuine HP cartridges (both black & colour). Printer then decides not to print a couple of days later.
Turns out you need internet connection but that can't be through the PC that is hooked up to the internet. You have to use Wi-Fi.
Printer refuses to print off the instructions after pressing the " wireless" and "information" buttons.
Download the HP app and struggle to find the printer while it is in Wi-Fi mode (model isn't listed).
Cheat use a lower number model and find out you press the "cancel" and "Wi-Fi" buttons.
Success, printer is found and password for linking to the local network.....works!!!
Fucking hell......had enough and pulled it out.
Hooked up an old Samsung ML-2165W and bam running smoothly on the first try.
I'd love to nail the jerks in the side of the head who thought up this setup with some fresh dog shit.
chaoswarrelt
I have an Epson printer that refuses to print with Epson cartridges. I should not have used that other brand first probably.
klaceo
It's so much worse on the enterprise side. I've exploded at account reps, service technicians for sheer incompetents
grifterdawg
Same experience over here. Laserjet M209d won't work without WiFi. Don't have Wifi in the rural shop environment where it's used. Have to sync to a cell phone hotspot every so often so it knows when to spam me with toner reorder reminders. When it gets pissy, resyncing to the outside world takes HOURS. Never again, HP.
MouseDenton
If I were a paranoid man, I'd say it's because they want the printer to use Wi-Fi to map out the room and any movement inside it. But it's probably so that the printer can phone home on its own. Then when you don't pay the ransom it can receive the kill code.
Keep a loaded handgun with snake shot near that thing at all times, just to be safe.
PhooBar
I will never buy anything made by HP, ever again.
stokessd
Brother printers. The only one left worth not setting on fire.
EatPieLander
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SuperfluousMeh
The scene gets funnier once you figure out that PC load letter means the printer was just out of paper 😂
Relictivity
Never again. They intentionally disable cartridges full of ink because some robot somewhere 'thinks so' . FU HP!
OdinYggd
Microsoft just depreciated old school printer drivers. In effect killing off 20+ years of legacy printer support and ensuring that you won't have a choice but to use modern cloud connected printers that you must pay the subscriptions to use.
GreaseMonkeyOfLove
I have a Cannon eco-tank, will never need a printer cartridge subscription like HP does.
LitterBoxKing
Yep, HP gleefully led the head-first charge into enshittification.
mikeatike
And they did it 20 years ago. At this point anyone buying anything HP is on them.
TinkererOfTerror
I don’t ever boycott products but after being locked out from using the ink I purchased on the printer I purchased , never again will I buy an HP product.
DerpMeister
Welcome to the club. Your membership number is #2385239562.
TripleDane
Never buy anything HP.
the only reasone i got a HP printer was because i got it for free form work on an mixup. i got a new hp laser colors printer instead of a used brother. and i didnt want to push for a correction
it print but it can do the one thing i really needed it for. Multifeed scanner in 600dpi (it will only do 300 when doing multipages and ONLY jpg)
TripleDane
Also Wifi for printers are IMHO idiotic. You are not moving it around just pull that freaking wire.
and NEVER use ink printer those should have died of the market at least a decade ago.
decarnatedame
I'll never purchase another HP product.
SugarSmack
Never again HP.
zapfastnet
HP printers arrive landfill ready
MissivesFromTheTower
I think I remember them hiding something behind a sticker. Not sure if it was a regular USB port. Give me a minute, to look it up.
MissivesFromTheTower
OK, I wasn't misremembering: https://haunted.computer/@netspooky/110832978569741892
psugab
That sticker. "There is no war...er... There is no USB port."
75townecoupe
There is no printing in basingse
UserNamesArentEasy
HP everything has been enshitified to the point of no use. Get a Brother Laser printer and have something that works forever.
onecowboytoo
Brother.
hushpuppyextraordinaire
For some reason, I keep buying them probably cause they’re cheapest on the shelf, but they keep getting worse and worse and worse. Every time I buy a new one I just spent 100 bucks in ink in hopes to get the one I have working . I just spent 100 bucks. I don’t wanna spend any more money on printers so I buy the cheapest one which is another HP and a cycle continues
intercitydude
And that is why I go to a print center. For the small amount I print and the aggravation every print job, much better.
vicvalour
Low on cyan.
AlmostClever
They're such trash. I bought genuine ink for mine and it refused to print because the cartridge was too old. Sold it on marketplace immediately, if it need to print I'll go to FedEx or something
WigglyBlondeNoodle
This is why I love living so close to a library. Printing is cheap and I don't have to worry about ink, toner, and paper. My library even has a wireless printing option so I can set up a document to print from home, and my printout is ready when I arrive at the library.
diezl97
Fuck that anticonsumer bullshit. HP just made my no buy list - for any product for any reason.
jankyupeblik
When they went "app" is when it really went downhill. If you can get it to work without a Windows "app", it will just work. Consider a less horrible OS also.
MrNobodyLivesHere
Linux system...
jankyupeblik
Shouldn't be using anything from HP other than hplip (as actually provided by your distro and not any HP website), then. If it's not supported by hplip, take it back. Don't sleep on the CUPS webUI, either.
FunnyPlatypus
Ah, HP… “A bunch of mindless jerks who will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.”
OdinYggd
They're like 10th in line behind political figures and business executives at the moment.
But eventually.
Bobdole010
I have a HP printer... It's good, but it's also from the 90s. It has cartridge of black toner from 10 years ago and it still works
OdinYggd
And it isn't compatible with Windows 11 anymore. Although your current setup might work, any new devices you bring home will no longer have access to the driver it uses in an attempt to force you to upgrade.
mephiston
I'm willing to bet its some kind of laserjet 4 or laserjet 4000. Those things are still rock solid. Fixed so many of them.
MightyIink
It was working too good for the time so HP had to come up with ways to make you pay more.
mephiston
Thats why they started chipping ink and toner cartridges, because they were losing millions to remanufactured (recycled) consumables.
EricAirheart
I love my HP, BUT...
I buy the cheap ones, get free ink, then return it within 30 days. Ive done this for a few years now and have paid less in ink than before.
dashers
Having tried leaving HP, I didn't like the quality, so took the opposite approach. I bought an expensive HP printer. It's a tank one, so there are no cartridges, I pour whatever ink I fancy into it, and it can't tell. It has an Ethernet port, and has a driver-only package that doesn't to any "smarts" or Internet stuff. And it works just like a printer from the old days. They'll sell to the bottom of the market, but if you're prepared to pay a fair bit more, they still make quality products.
tallyhoho
Now this is what I call a life hack
EricAirheart
My current HP. I ended up scoring 6 (3 black and 3 color) ink carts from it being a new registered printer and a "referral" code i found on reddit.
Atomic2
Or just buy a Brother laser printer. They're not all that expensive, but 3rd party toner is a fraction of the cost. 1 toner lasts forever unless you're doing a metric fuckton of printing. I use my printer a pretty fucking normal amount and the last time I bought toner was 2019. In fairness, it was a 2 pack. Also, I looked it up, it was $8 for the 2 pack!
Badprenup
I admire the hustle but that seems like a pretty big pain in the ass lol. I mean I guess it's free ink though, so if you print a lot it's pretty good savings.
mikeatike
Yeah, I juat bought a brother printer.
Well, I had my work buy one and in the rare event I need to print something I do it at work.
EricAirheart
Depends on how often you need it. The 3 things of Ink I have got for free will last me a while and If I exchange the printer for "not working" in 30 days i can have another 3 free inks, well paying for the 60.00 printer. so if you use a printer alot, yes it will be a lot of work.
dynamojoe
HP, Canon, Epson, fuck 'em all. Get a Brother. If you can spring for it, get a laser. The ink never dries out, they don't bitch about aftermarket toner, and they work just fine.
Onisa
Ironically my old brother would either dry out or use it's ink up doing print tests/head cleaning. Got a dumb HP laser and not an issue.
Distractus
I bought countless inkjets in college until I splurged and bought a laser. I will never go back to inkjets
BurnieCinders
Spring for it. My brother laser was $110 AUD 20 years ago. I've had to open it up twice and remove a sticky pad that was causing a problem.
Canigetbannedagain2
Got a all in one brother printer, laser of course. I was tired of printing something and the ink was dry. Now I only print things maybe once a year, and it works perfectly every time.
xxPaulCPxx
Lasers are way overbuilt for home use, so they last forever. You can buy heavily discounted new in box MFCs that are a couple years old for not much more than an ink jet and a replacement ink.
sciguygobyebye
Brother is starting to change in their newer printers
mascratchabill13
I recently got an MFC-6490cw and works like a dream. It has a message if u use non brother inks but still works. I'll never go back to Canon or Epson, never tried HP cos work buys that crap. I refuse to waste money on brands that sell low but get their money back in other ways (Im looking st you Canon)
sciguygobyebye
Oy... I'm wanting the canning MF753cdw II. I was hoping I could use knock off toner for them.
manystripes
Honestly at this point I'd probably look for a used Brother laser. My main workhorse printer is a Brother laser from 2003, on its third drum and still going strong. It might be black and white but it prints every time without any fuss.
circlebreaker
Fuck, does this mean that I'm going to have to switch to fucking Okidata?
Comet260
Did they get bought by private equity?
AgentKGB
I know this doesn't help for right now but next time you need a printer, use Brother. It's the only company I've found so far that doesn't do this crap.
AtmaDarkwolf
yet...
Almaadin
I second brother. I have a color laser and a office-grade ink jet and they are both great.
HollaAtchaKoi
Coincidentally just today I printed something off my HP printer from my phone and thought it would be nice to know what kind of printer to replace it with might be. Perfect timing.
SkittishLittleToaster
Can confirm, at least in these early days of my Brother ownership. A few thousand pages in and this baby is humming.
NotGoodAtUserNames1
I just bought a brother a couple months ago bc of my pure rage at my HP. Our office depot just went out of business and put all their ink on close-out, so I am set for years.
barbarian818
Epson is sort of OK as well. But I second the Brother recommendation.
TakoOni
I have a Brother B/W office printer from my college days. 18 years later, and they still produce the toner cartridge for it. I've personally only replaced the toner 3 times. my other two printers are substantially newer, but have also been reliable. Canon printer/scanner at the house for personal use, and an Epson ecotank printer/scanner in the classroom for printing for my students. HP can get wreked for all I care.
dentros1
I got tired of my printer constantly needing ink, cartridges heads failing, printer just not working, its like I lease the machine until it dies and buy a new one. So when I saw a brother on sale I bought one, I hate printers, but this one has been great so far.
legobumb
I have an Epson and haven't had this issue at all. Bought it maybe a year ago now? Not even? Epson ET-2800. Got it on sale for like $150 although right now Amazon is showing $240.
knytehawkk
another massive upvote for Brother. Dealt with HP getting rrrreally crappy the last decade, finally jumped to a Brother, absolutely smooth sailing for 3 years now.
rezexelon
I have a business class HP mono laser and it doesn't require crap. Then again, I also have a Lexmark business color laser and it doesn't require crap. Sure I paid a bit more, but they just work.
Apoxyus
We got a brother laser and its best printer ever.
anononanonanona
This matches my experience but in fairness, I bought my Brother laser printer almost 10 years ago and it has been perfect ever since, still haven't needed new toner (I only print labels and the like), never needed to install any drivers, just... works. It's a miracle. And for those not old enough you need to realize printers have been hot dogshit garbage longer than wifi has existed. They find new ways to make them horrible sure but finding a good printer now is not "new special
Greeney
I bought one after getting very frustrated with other brands and Brother is 100% the best option. Only problem for me is if you wamt both color and double-sided printing it will cost a lot.
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
Also product lines meant for enterprise use. Imagine the reaction of any CTO of a company with tight security requirements upon hearing that the printers they bought need to talk to the Internet.
Zyrixion
I work IT, my org put a full stop to all purchase of HP printers, we only buy Brother printers now. They're just too fuckin shitty to work with reasonably and their shitty ass drm is so unbelievably unstable and prone to fucking up and bricking the entire printer forever.
Perkunas687
I do a lot of legal work out of my home, Brother printer has been great, but for past few months, despite fresh toner and drums several times, I get these lines appearing 1 inch or so from the side of the page. Sometimes there, sometimes not, can't ever predict it. I'm sure one day I'll figure it out.
Dstar99a
Printing or copying?
Perkunas687
Printing. Sometimes the lines are darkest after first use after period of non-use, sometimes darkest deep into print job. Not clean lines either, a little thicker here, barely visible there, all on the same page. I've dragged the thingy on the drum to try to clear, on each drum. Don't know where it's happening. I assume something somewhere has toner on it, but I've printed thousands of pages and I just don't know.
Omicron416
Are the lines along the paper path or across it?
If along, check your fuser roller as there could part of it that's picking up then redepositing the toner.
If across, I'd say either vacuum it out with a toner vac or take it outside, remove the toner cartridge and everything else you can then go to town on everything you can reach with canned air. If that fails, you may need to replace whatever the part that contains the laser is called.
Perkunas687
Examples below, faint lines on left paper, visible lines on right paper, with what I can only call 'clumpiness' on the more visible lines. This is on a L2750DW. The lines continue to exist with new toner and new drums, which is the part driving me nuts. Possibly the fuser roller, you say?