Today at work our HP cp1700 informed us that the yellow ink cartridge had expired. Mind you, it didn't say it was "low", just "expired". Never mind we were printing a black and white text document and didn't need yellow. The printer refused to continue in its duties until we coughed up some coin for its alma mater ("Don't make me call the mother-ship"). Funny thing is the cartridge is still half full.
Now, I had heard the horror stories online about this issue and read about the lawsuits, but I had never experienced the utter frustration that is HP customer satisfaction for myself. Thankfully, my mighty minions of meta (READ: people on the Internet) were able to rescue me from the terrors of pointless purchase peril.
Doing a quick Google search (no, it's not a verb), I came across fixyourownprinter.com and found an answer directly related to my HP model. Simply remove a cover panel, place a piece of plastic between the onboard battery and contact and, viola, you're back in business. No more greedy HP nagging. The ink levels still function. Printouts work just fine. Thank you very much.
HP has had a lot of negative headlines of late. I guess when you're busy trying to cheat one another in board room there's every reason to cheat your customers too. Well, here's to you HP, I beat you at your own game and I'll never buy another one of your printers. Ever.
Oh, hey, have you met my buddy, Samsung...
- Hutch
