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> failing to print when HP servers temporarily go down Excuse me, why are your printouts being uploaded to someone's server?! How did you not return this junk

• jessriedel 6y ago
  I don't think it's sending my printouts, because I don't think they have any use for them. But I do think it's phoning home as a precondition to print in order to get me to buy more ink at the right times. I've never bought anything from HP since that happened.
• bserge 6y ago
  That's probably the HP Instant Ink service, which sends your ink levels to HP every freaking time so they can send a new set of cartridges if it's running low. You can set it up without that. HP printers will still look for updates and take their time installing them even when you need to urgently print 2 sheets, as I found out myself :/