New hp firmware prevents the use of unofficial ink cartridges

The price of ink cartridges for inkjet printers is very high, this fact has always been exploited by third-party manufacturers that are dedicated to offering compatible cartridges at prices much lower than those of original consumables. Printer manufacturers like HP, Epson, Brother, and many more don't like the idea of ​​losing potential profits because of compatible cartridge manufacturers.

HP prevents the use of unofficial cartridges in its printers

The prices of the official ink cartridges have a very high cost, in fact many times it costs more money to acquire them than the price of the printer itself, this is explained in that the printers are sold with very low profit margins and then earn money really with the sale of ink at a gold price. In 2016, it was discovered that HP printers include inactive firmware that blocks the use of unofficial cartridges if activated, a kind of pump programmed to be activated whenever HP wants to by updating the printer firmware.

Finally, HP has decided to wake up the hidden bomb and prevent the use of unofficial ink cartridges for its inkjet printers, it is not the first time since in 2016 the company did the same although it had to back down due to the Great criticism received and the bomb was deactivated just 9 days later.

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This new activation of the hidden firmware has been detected this week in the OfficeJet 6800, OfficeJet Pro 6200, 6800, 8600 and OfficeJet Pro X 400/500 models. The user sees a pop-up on the screen indicating that the cartridges being used are damaged and should be replaced with new ones. It seems that having a single official cartridge prevents blockage.

A solution to this problem is, logically, not updating the firmware of your HP printer to prevent the activation of the pump hidden inside. HP itself provides a specific firmware update application that disables the printer's dynamic security feature.

Source: techpowerup