Reply to post: Re: Workaround?

HP Inc's rinky-dink ink stink: Unofficial cartridges, official refills spurned by printer DRM

Solmyr ibn Wali Barad

Re: Workaround?

May work for older types. Business Inkjet 2300 did not have internal clock, it received the date from host PC. Setting OS clock back allowed to use cartridges that were past their expiration date.

2300 also had a sweet firmware bug that ruined perfectly good cartridges by setting false 'ink low' flags into their chips. Not reversable of course. 2300's larger cousin 2500C used signals from mechanically flimsy pressure sensors as an excuse to set 'ink low' flag.

Eh, nothing new under the sun.

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