
HP had released a firmware update for various inkjet office printers on March 12, 2016. In 2016, HP already had to row back once – after a particularly underhanded action – and roll out a correction firmware update.


2020) – but there are other posts on similar actions at the end of the article. I last reported on this practice in the blog post HP firmware update for ink/laser printers blocks third-party cartridges (Nov. HP keeps surprising its customers by blocking the use of third-party cartridges via firmware updates. For example, I had addressed an interview from HP CEO on this topic in the article HP CEO on inkjet printers and third-party cartridges. The company Hewlett Packard (HP) thinks that it does not earn enough on ink toner for printers.
