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HP fails to derail claims that it bricks scanners on multifunction printers when ink runs low (abcnews.go.com)

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HP fails to derail claims that it bricks scanners on multifunction printers when ink runs low::HP Inc. has failed to shunt aside claims in a lawsuit that it disables scanners and other functions on its multifunction printers whenever the ink runs low

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[–] [email protected] 114 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Do people not know what "bricking" means? This article is about HP disabling features if the printer runs out of ink.

If they bricked it, it would be unrecoverably broken, never to function again.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

A bit like most Inkjets when the unreplaceable waste ink pad dries up 😭

Sit through a whole turn on sequence, just for the screen to say the manufacturer's equivalent of "Bin me, I'm dead" with the only option being to power off

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