HP Secretly Rendering Printer Cartridges Unusable?

Momoru writes "Looks like a woman is suing Hewlett Packard, claiming that their "smart chip" technology, besides giving information about ink usage, is also secretly programmed to not work after a certain certain date." From the article: "HP ink cartridges use a chip technology to sense when they are low on ink and advise the user to make a change. But the suit claims those chips also shut down the cartridges at a predetermined date regardless of whether they are empty." We've reported recently on printer companies making questionable business decisions.

Comments

Sigh...

[Jaysyn]

So much for my pro-HP rant yesterday....

Jaysyn

Perhaps with Carly gone sanity will return.`

[Anonymous Coward]

But I'm not hopeful - I think the problem goes one level higher (the board that kicked out the Hewlett kid and hired her)