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Slightly offtopic, but, I've been using a HP printer for the past years (Photosmart D7360) and am also VERY annoyed, one example: whenever one of my color cartr

Slightly offtopic, but, I've been using a HP printer for the past years (Photosmart D7360) and am also VERY annoyed, one example: whenever one of my color cartridges is past it's expiry date i can't print in black and white. Even though the black cartridge is brand new. I first have to go buy a new color cartridge (which i don't use) and then i can print in black again. The warning message says something like "if you print with an outdated cartridge it may damage the printer". seriously, will never buy a HP printer again.

brassic 10y ago
Most colour printers never print in just black and white. They always need a bit of yellow: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/18/AR2005101801663.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10...
- kalleboo 10y ago
  That's laser printers
  - cantrevealname 10y ago
    That anti-counterfeiting measure (secret yellow dots encoding a serial number) was originally on color copiers. Then it got extended to color laser printers. Do we really know that it hasn't been extended to ink jets as well? I think the grandparent has a legitimate observation. It would explain why you need to have working color cartridges to be able to print in black and white. (It's obvious that paper money is not going to be counterfeited in black and white, but maybe they decided to hide serial numbers on all printouts, not just color printouts.)
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