📚 Some HP Printers Come with a Preset Failure Date for Non-HP Ink Cartridges

A Dutch company selling private label ink cartridges claims HP included a preconfigured failure date for some HP printers that prevents the devices from using non-HP ink cartridges. The company, 1234inkt, discovered the problem on September 13, 2016, when a large number of its customers called to complain that their 123inkt ink cartridges stopped functioning. An in-depth investigation of the issue revealed that only HP printers were affected, and all started having problems on the same day, out of the blue. 123inkt says HP lied when it blamed the issue on a firmware update While HP Netherlands wasn't able to provide an immediate response for why HP printers started having problems with non-HP ink cartridges, the company said a day later that it was because of a firmware update. But there was a problem with its explanation. 123inkt had received reports of malfunctioning printers from companies that had not connected these printers to the Internet... ...