HP has new incentive to stop blocking third-party ink in its printers

In 2023, the Int’l ITC wrote a letter to the GEC requesting that the GEC revoke at least 101 of HP’s printers from the ...

HP's ink-blocking firmware may violate new global sustainability rules

EPEAT 2.0, launched in December 2025, expands the criteria for certifying environmentally responsible electronics. It covers five product types – imaging equipment, computers and displays, phones, ...
PC Magazine

HP Updates Its Printers to Only Work With Official Ink Cartridges

HP is causing outrage after releasing software updates that stop some of its printers from printing if third-party ink cartridges are detected. As Ars Technica reports, HP's decision to do this was ...
Wired

HP CEO Says They Brick Printers That Use Third-Party Ink Because of … Hackers

Last Thursday, HP CEO Enrique Lores addressed the company's controversial practice of bricking printers when users load them with third-party ink. Speaking to CNBC Television, he said, "We have seen ...