<story><title>Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of ink</title><url>https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/canon-sued-for-disabling-scanner-when-printers-run-out-of-ink/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>neilv</author><text>As many techies will probably always say anytime inkjet product shenanigans come up: just buy a laser printer.&lt;p&gt;And I now add: and don&amp;#x27;t let it connect to the Internet, and don&amp;#x27;t install proprietary drivers or software for it on your computers.&lt;p&gt;Also, remember the names of companies doing sketchy things, and do your part to provide negative feedback when you can, and to give positive feedback to better companies.  (Example: I&amp;#x27;ve just moved away from the Apple product ecosystem, because Apple did one too many obnoxious things, and I&amp;#x27;ll also be pointing friends who ask to alternative solutions.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sangnoir</author><text>&amp;gt; As many techies will probably always say anytime inkjet product shenanigans come up: just buy a laser printer&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s Canon&amp;#x2F;HP&amp;#x2F;$MANUFATURER shenanigans - nothing inherent to inkjets. I think the better solution is to buy from more ethical printer companies, like Brother.</text></comment>
<story><title>Canon sued for disabling scanner when printers run out of ink</title><url>https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/canon-sued-for-disabling-scanner-when-printers-run-out-of-ink/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>neilv</author><text>As many techies will probably always say anytime inkjet product shenanigans come up: just buy a laser printer.&lt;p&gt;And I now add: and don&amp;#x27;t let it connect to the Internet, and don&amp;#x27;t install proprietary drivers or software for it on your computers.&lt;p&gt;Also, remember the names of companies doing sketchy things, and do your part to provide negative feedback when you can, and to give positive feedback to better companies.  (Example: I&amp;#x27;ve just moved away from the Apple product ecosystem, because Apple did one too many obnoxious things, and I&amp;#x27;ll also be pointing friends who ask to alternative solutions.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kyrra</author><text>I had a Xerox laser printer for about 12 years, and it worked pretty well. No special drivers needed, just uses a standard pcl6 or postscript.  The problem with it was toner cost. Official toner was stupid expensive, but there was decent aftermarket toner on Amazon that mostly worked.&lt;p&gt;I have since gone to a smarter printer with an Epson ecotank. Their ink is decent price and it works fairly well. Sadly The model I got requires custom drivers. Though they do have models that support PCL6&amp;#x2F; postscript. The model I got also allows for larger paper sizes, but it does not handle it very well in the firmware.</text></comment>