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HP laserjets require an active HP account and Internet?

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 10:07 am
by LordMortis
Guess, that means no HP laserjet for me. In what reality is this a great idea?

I made it six months without needing a printer. Now I need one today. No fun. I was going to get black toner laserjet to mitigate against toner going dry for the like never that I'll need a printer but the idea of a printer as a subscription is just offensive to me. Gonna compare the next tier of Cannons to cheap Deskjets now and likely keep the cart sealed in plastic baggy or something if I get one.
A:Answer The LaserJet M110we printer is an HP+ printer which means it comes with 6 free months of Instant Ink and a 2nd year of warranty. It also only works with original HP toner and requires an HP account and internet connection.
A:Answer After 30 days it will stop working unless you sign up for a cloud account and promise to keep it connected to the internet.

Re: HP laserjets require an active HP account and Internet?

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 4:49 pm
by hitbyambulance
i would advise against inkjet entirely. and you do know there's also Brother brand. https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/revi ... r-printer/

Re: HP laserjets require an active HP account and Internet?

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:13 am
by LordMortis
I didn't want a printer at all so the idea of paying $100s for one that I was going to print 8 pages for and put in the closes was off the table. The HP+ method of printer owning was offensive to me and there were no other price reasonable laserjets that could be had same day. I did look at Brother and Espon as well as Cannon and HP and ended up with a Cannon 4270 InkJet for $70. It only prints about 4 loud pages per minute and the ink will likely be dry by the time I need it next, even sealed in a baggy, but at least it was only $70.

This is when having physical friends I could just drop in on would be handy.

Re: HP laserjets require an active HP account and Internet?

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 10:36 am
by Anonymous Bosch
LordMortis wrote: Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:13 am I didn't want a printer at all so the idea of paying $100s for one that I was going to print 8 pages for and put in the closes was off the table. The HP+ method of printer owning was offensive to me and there were no other price reasonable laserjets that could be had same day. I did look at Brother and Espon as well as Cannon and HP and ended up with a Cannon 4270 InkJet for $70. It only prints about 4 loud pages per minute and the ink will likely be dry by the time I need it next, even sealed in a baggy, but at least it was only $70.

This is when having physical friends I could just drop in on would be handy.
If you're able to go six months without needing a printer, you may find it more cost-effective to use something like Staples.com print service instead, which costs as little as $0.19 per page for black and white documents. Print services at warehouse clubs like Costco or Sam's Club can be even cheaper still.

Re: HP laserjets require an active HP account and Internet?

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 11:01 am
by Isgrimnur
LordMortis wrote: Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:13 am This is when having physical friends I could just drop in on would be handy.
Or a FedEx/Kinkos.

Re: HP laserjets require an active HP account and Internet?

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 11:24 am
by telcta
Anonymous Bosch wrote: Sat Oct 22, 2022 10:36 am
LordMortis wrote: Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:13 am I didn't want a printer at all so the idea of paying $100s for one that I was going to print 8 pages for and put in the closes was off the table. The HP+ method of printer owning was offensive to me and there were no other price reasonable laserjets that could be had same day. I did look at Brother and Espon as well as Cannon and HP and ended up with a Cannon 4270 InkJet for $70. It only prints about 4 loud pages per minute and the ink will likely be dry by the time I need it next, even sealed in a baggy, but at least it was only $70.

This is when having physical friends I could just drop in on would be handy.
If you're able to go six months without needing a printer, you may find it more cost-effective to use something like Staples.com print service instead, which costs as little as $0.19 per page for black and white documents. Print services at warehouse clubs like Costco or Sam's Club can be even cheaper still.
I just checked our local library for printing services and surprisingly it's free wireless printing - up to 10 pages (black and white only).

Re: HP laserjets require an active HP account and Internet?

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 12:33 pm
by stessier
After our Lexmark laser printer died earlier this year after a great 17 year run, v we got a Canon ImageClass MF435dw and love it.

Re: HP laserjets require an active HP account and Internet?

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 12:53 pm
by LordMortis
It is probable that with enough diligence, I'd have found a practically free print service. I'd say "maybe next time" but the odds of me needing a next time will be when these print carts dry out, whenever that may be. Even then Canon actual replacements are ~$20 (currently) and I'm OK with that.

Re: HP laserjets require an active HP account and Internet?

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2022 2:42 pm
by stessier
Fwiw, the Canon I mention above is a laser and doesn't dry out nor does the ink "expire". But it definitely doesn't beat free. :D

Re: HP laserjets require an active HP account and Internet?

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2022 8:50 pm
by gbasden
Inkjets suck. Brother laser printers are awesome. This is all.

Re: HP laserjets require an active HP account and Internet?

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2022 11:24 am
by Lassr
gbasden wrote: Wed Oct 26, 2022 8:50 pm Inkjets suck. Brother laser printers are awesome. This is all.
Yep, I ordered this directly from Brother and it came with a cartridge. Love it. My HP is again useless because the ink has dried out. I only keep it if I need color prints and for scanning. But again I have to buy color ink to replace the dried out one.

https://www.brother-usa.com/products/hll2300d

Re: HP laserjets require an active HP account and Internet?

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:59 pm
by Sudy
HP is requiring an active internet connection?? That's total bullshit. Printing/ink DRM has gone way too far. This requires legislation. It's not like most of these companies were struggling to keep the lights on before everything became a subscription. (Though I know there are some that likely were, and the model can definitely be used for good as well.)

In the last five years I've bought the same $30 or $40 printer twice when I needed to do urgent printing. Completely stupid because the ink literally costs more than the printer in this case. Can't totally remember why I bought the second one; I must have had some kind of technical issue with the first. I know the capacity of the included "starter" cartridges ensure it's not cost effective to just keep buying printers (thankfully for the environment).

Anyway, the ink dried up when I didn't use it for several months and I've just been going to the UPS three minutes on foot from my apartment. It's not cost effective, but when I just need to print seven pages or whatever....

Re: HP laserjets require an active HP account and Internet?

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 11:01 am
by Max Peck
I used to have trouble with ink cartridges drying up on me, so I bought an Brother HL-2240D for $80 back in 2014. It gets used a couple of times a year, and the original toner cartridge that came with it is still going strong.

Re: HP laserjets require an active HP account and Internet?

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 7:02 pm
by Rumpy
The Canon printer we bought several months ago is an ink tank based system with an oil-based ink rather than an alcohol-based ink that isn't supposed to dry up the way most printer inks do.

Re: HP laserjets require an active HP account and Internet?

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 7:31 pm
by Daehawk
Brother