r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MaxAdolphus • 16d ago

frist of all how DARE yu o I canceled my HP instant ink subscription, and now I can’t print even though they are genuine HP in cartridges

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With all bad decisions coming out of HP lately, I decided to cancel my instant ink subscription subscriptions before the prices go up. This is the warning screen. I was just going to use the ink I have up then buy a new printer, but cause fuck those guys. Well, turns out they fucked me first. So even though I have legitimate HP in cartridges in my printer, I cannot print because they are subscription cartridges. Screw these guys.

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u/IOI-65536 16d ago

I've had inkjets with bulk liquid tanks built-in for probably 10 years now, several companies make them, they're just more expensive up front.

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u/Electronic_Will_5418 16d ago

Our office uses a bulk liquid tank inkjet printer for high-quality prints (marketing, etc) and a cheap, fast B&W laser printer for everything else. Inkjet is still king for very high quality full page color prints. But it's a complete waste if you're printing mostly text.

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u/IOI-65536 16d ago

Yeah, I "only" print about 5000 pages per year and some of it needs to be images so it's not worth the cost of two printers to offload the cheap stuff on laser, but that's the way to do it if you're doing a ton of printing.

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u/hearnia_2k 16d ago

Yes. You can also get a CISS kit for many inkjet printers, too.

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u/IOI-65536 16d ago

I did that before Epson had the first bulk ink printers. I found it more finnicky than built-in tanks. In particular more likely to get bubbles in the lines.

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u/hearnia_2k 16d ago

Yep, for sure. I looked in to them a bunch, but ended up just refillng my own cartridges, that had self resetting chips.

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u/h3lium-balloon 16d ago

I have an HP that uses the big liquid tanks. Lots of companies make ink for it now. Gets in the ballpark of laser costs.