HP does it again...

I had a Canon Pixma for many years and it was reliable but the cartridges were discontinued. I was going to get another Canon but read a lot about how Brother printers were more linux friendly and had better prices for cart refills. I ended up getting a Brother MFC-J895DW all in one and it's been terrific so far. I've printed from my Mac for work, our home linux machine, my android and wife's Iphone. We don't print often so I think the cost of ink is bearable. Honestly, I never researched ink tank printers so I'm learning from this thread.

After being a HP fanboy for many years with high priced ink, printer head failing and paper jams, swtiched to Brother MFC-L2740 B&W laser. The Brother printer is bigger, heavier, cheaper to operate, less paper jams and no repairs. The 2 sided functions work great. I do not really miss the option to print in color. FYI - home office & I print about 3,000 pages or checks per year

Carrot Ink
https://www.carrotink.com/hp/officejet.html
Refills that are better than the OEM ink cartridges at a much lower price. They have them for other printer brands, as well.

It is a cat and mouse game between the printer manufacturers and refill cartridge vendors. Fortunately, the refill cartridge vendors are winning that one. Even back in the early 1990s when HP DeskJets cost $500, they made more money selling ink cartridges than they did from selling the printer. They also said that if non-HP ink cartridges were used, it voided the warranty. The easy workaround was to simply install an HP ink cartridge before returning the printer for warranty service.

Most, if not all, other printers brands do the same thing. What differentiates HP is their poor customer service after a printer is discontinued. They support it for X number of years, but only on hardware and software current at that time. Printer and driver compatibility with anything new apps is not guaranteed. Not sure if they still do that, but it caused major headaches in times past. Other manufacturers would periodically update their printer drivers after a product was discontinued.

I used to use Epson inkjet printers, and had pretty good luck with them. Since I only needed color printouts for photos, I just had them printed at CVS and got a Brother laser printer.

Carrot Ink
https://www.carrotink.com/hp/officejet.html
Refills that are better than the OEM ink cartridges at a much lower price.  They have them for other printer brands, as well.

It is a cat and mouse game between the printer manufacturers and refill cartridge vendors.  Fortunately, the refill cartridge vendors are winning that one.  Even back in the early 1990s when HP DeskJets cost $500, they made more money selling ink cartridges than they did from selling the printer.  They also said that if non-HP ink cartridges were used, it voided the warranty.  The easy workaround was to simply install an HP ink cartridge before returning the printer for warranty service.

Most, if not all, other printers brands do the same thing.  What differentiates HP is their poor customer service after a printer is discontinued.  They support it for X number of years, but only on hardware and software current at that time.  Printer and driver compatibility with anything new apps is not guaranteed.  Not sure if they still do that, but it caused major headaches in times past.  Other manufacturers would periodically update their printer drivers after a product was discontinued.

I used to use Epson inkjet printers, and had pretty good luck with them.  Since I only needed color printouts for photos, I just had them printed at CVS and got a Brother laser printer.

thanks for the link! I've got a brother MFC printer and I'll be needing to order ink here soon enough.

FWIW, I get my genuine HP carts refilled at Costco for $10-12 full to the top. When I put the cart back into the printer, the printer senses it is a genuine HP cart, which means we're good to go. This workaround won't help if you don't have a Costco near you, but it works for me. I will not be buying a replacement HP printer -- but for now it does the trick.

So, if your brother in law works on your new car and screws it up GM is supposed to fix it under warranty?

No company can warranty their products if people don't use OEM spec product in it. No firearms manuf. honors repairs caused by reloaded ammo. It's in all their manuals as an example. 

This is for legal reasons. Don't like it then hire a monk to copy by hand

Ah, for the good old days when you could open up an Apple ImageWriter ribbon cartridge, spritz it with WD-40, close it up, and then pop it back in (after 24 hours) for a few thousand more pages.

I see an increasing number of product that are becoming platforms for a subscription service. Even exercise equipment, like Peloton.