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Craig Hale

HP is being sued again over blocking third-party ink

Printer .

No fewer than 11 individuals have grouped together to lodge a class action complaint against HP, claiming that consumers are being locked into using the manufacturer’s own ink or face having a non-functioning printer.

The case relates to a firmware update that was issued in late-2022 and early-2023, which disables the printer when a third-party cartridge is detected.

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