{"id":44229,"date":"2024-07-26T14:11:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T18:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=44229"},"modified":"2024-07-26T14:11:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T18:11:27","slug":"hp-discontinues-online-only-laserjet-printers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/26\/hp-discontinues-online-only-laserjet-printers\/","title":{"rendered":"HP Discontinues Online-Only LaserJet Printers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/7\/9\/24195022\/hp-plus-laserjet-office-printers-instant-ink-toner\">Sean Hollister<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/7\/9\/24195022\/hp-plus-laserjet-office-printers-instant-ink-toner\"><p>Last May, I told you how HP&rsquo;s bestselling printer can lock you to the company&rsquo;s own subscription ink for life, with no way to cancel, with its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/5\/25\/23736811\/hp-plus-printer-ink-drm-firmware-update-cant-cancel\">dastardly HP Plus scheme<\/a>. But HP has decided to remove those shackles from future laser printers, at least.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/peripherals\/printers\/hp-discontinues-online-only-laserjet-printers-in-response-to-backlash\">Christopher Harper<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/hardware.slashdot.org\/story\/24\/07\/08\/194243\/hp-discontinues-online-only-laserjet-printers-amid-backlash---instant-ink-subscription-gets-the-boot-too\">Slashdot<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/peripherals\/printers\/hp-discontinues-online-only-laserjet-printers-in-response-to-backlash\"><p> HP has finally been forced to discontinue its cheaper e-series LaserJet printers due to customers experiencing problems with their online-only and always tied to HP+ subscription requirements. Among other things, HP+ requires a permanent Internet connection, and customers only use HP-original ink and toners, not allowing for third-party alternatives to be used at all. There are benefits to HP+, including cloud printing and an extra year&rsquo;s warranty, but the forced online requirement for a cheaper printer left a bad taste in the mouths of many consumers.<\/p><p>In any case, it&rsquo;s important to clarify that this discontinuation of HP printers will only impact HP LaserJet printers that have an &ldquo;e&rdquo; added to the end of their model name to denote the alternative business model.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/06\/hp-all-in-plan\/\">HP All-In Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/27\/just-get-a-brother\/\">Just Get a Brother<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/06\/hp-reneges-on-free-instant-ink\/\">HP Reneges on Free Instant Ink<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Hollister: Last May, I told you how HP&rsquo;s bestselling printer can lock you to the company&rsquo;s own subscription ink for life, with no way to cancel, with its dastardly HP Plus scheme. But HP has decided to remove those shackles from future laser printers, at least. Christopher Harper (via Slashdot): HP has finally been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2024-07-26T18:11:32Z","apple_news_api_id":"5011d18b-280b-40a0-87ea-fc1e9a2cc245","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2024-07-26T18:11:33Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AUBHRiygLQKCH6vwemizCRQ","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[182,1520,695,1451],"class_list":["post-44229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-drm","tag-hp","tag-printing","tag-sunset"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44230,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44229\/revisions\/44230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}