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HP raising Instant Ink subscription pricing significantly (www.ghacks.net)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, the hardware (a cheap sponge, essentially) that the counter "protects" is easily replaced for little money - but you still can't just reset the counter.

https://epson.com/support/epson-ink-pads-reset-utility-faqs

For "North American users" Epson now offers a tool to reset the self destruct counter one, single, time.

There are third parties now, that offer a reset of the software destruct counter, for a fee.

The fact that a printer sold as "Eco" has a software self destruct that the user requires an unlock key to reset - an occurrence frequent enough to make it a profitable business for third parties to sell such keys - should tell you all you need to know about these printers.

I couldn't confirm, but there supposedly are more premium models with user serviceable waste ink tanks that don't have a self destruct, but most consumer models very much have this limitation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Thanks for the info, that's absurd. I don't know why more people are talking about this then.