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HP forced to ditch popular printer range following user backlash (www.techradar.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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HP has discontinued its e-series LaserJet printers following widespread consumer dissatisfaction with the printers’ mandatory online connection of the HP+ scheme.

The decision, reported by German media outlet §, addresses growing frustration among users who have been forced to maintain a constant internet connection and use HP original ink and toner, with cheaper and more accessible third-party alternatives prohibited.

The LaserJet e-series models, identifiable by an ‘e’ suffix in their models names, now look to have been pulled from sale.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Who tf needs a printer these days? I print maybe 5 pages a year and the library does it for a quarter.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Hi. It's me. I still burn CDs and print onto them direct as part of a niche art hobby. Unfortunately that means owning an Epson inkjet printer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

The kind of people that can't use an always online connected printer. But seriously, for some professions and shift to work from home during covid kind of made printers in a home more common again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I scan nearly all the crap that comes in through my (physical) mailbox and throw it away. My trusty Brother multi laser thingy sends it to me per e-mail and I can sort it later, when the PC is on. Once a month or so, I need to print some pages and it does that, too. Awesome thing, wouldn't want to miss it.