Last Thursday, HP CEO Enrique Lores addressed the company's controversial practice of bricking printers when users load them with third-party ink.

HP customers are showing frustration online as the vendor continues to use firmware updates to discourage or, as users report, outright block the use of non-HP-brand ink cartridges in HP printers.

Hewlett-Packard, or HP, have disabled the printers of customers who used ink cartridges from cheaper rival companies. This sparked an outrage after they issued a 'firmware' update blocking ...

HP's official ink cartridges are considerably more expensive than third-party options--on the Dutch printer ink website 123inkt.nl, an example of an off-brand option costs around $14 while the ...

Large numbers of HP printer owners found their printers stopped recognising unofficial printer ink cartridges on 13 September. Dutch printer ink vendor 123inkt said it had received , external more ...

This past week, thousands of HP Inc. printer owners were notified by their printers that their ink cartridges were "damaged" and needed to be replaced. The reason, according to a statement from HP ...

As of last week, reasonably priced third-party ink cartridges no longer work. For a company like, say, 123inkt , the Dutch outfit that sells HP-compatible cartridges and first noticed the change ...

By Mike Scarcella. Jan 8 (Reuters) - HP Inc HPQ.N has been sued in federal court in Chicago by consumers who claim the company's printers would not accept replacement ink cartridges made by other ...