Epson update blocks remanufactured cartridges

Epson update blocks remanufactured cartridges

  Following in the footsteps of HP and other OEMs, Epson recently released a firmware update which blocks the use of remanufactured cartridges. As Griffin Hampson of Cartridge Network explains, in recent years printer manufacturers such as HP have released...
HP Australia caught in firmware controversy

HP Australia caught in firmware controversy

The OEM’s Australian subsidiary has got itself into hot water over the sale of 220,000 printers designed to prevent the use of third-party cartridges. As ARN reports, as a result of this lack of transparency, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)...
HP’s firmware legal saga continues

HP’s firmware legal saga continues

The two-year dispute over HP’s controversial firmware update, which blocks third party cartridges, rumbles on with the filing of an amended complaint at the United States District Court in San Jose. The Recycler first reported on this long-running software saga in...