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HP's ink-blocking firmware may violate new global sustainability rules (www.techspot.com)
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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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[–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

If it's one of the Inland Microcenter branded ones, I believe I've seen tests run on those and they have really short lifespans, just a handful of years. So just use it for file transfers and not for any long term storage.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    It doesn't say Inland on it but I got my penny's worth out of it already. To be quite honest I never had a flash drive until a few weeks ago. It made going to the library to print so much easier than logging into email there or owning and upkeeping a printer at home. By the time it craps out I'll have gotten another mailer. Thanks for the heads up though.

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