HP printer ink discontinued?
07-07-2020, 04:36 AM
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I bought a laser printer on sale at Walmart for $130. I'm on my second pack of printer paper and haven't changed the initial cartridge, I use the old ink jet when I need to print freezer paper or other specialty printing.
07-07-2020, 04:47 AM
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HP Printer cartridges
Originally Posted by Lee in Richmond
The only connection this has with quilting is that I print all the patterns I find on line, but I have been forced recently to see that HP is no longer manufacturing ink for my inkjet printer. These particular cartridges, HP74 and HP75, are used by many, many printer models, and I cannot think why they would stop making them. They have 'fixed it' so the refilled cartridges usually will not work and no amount of trying work-arounds helped enough, so I reluctantly went back to paying the exorbitant cost of HP ones.
Am I supposed to be happy enough about this that I go out and buy another HP printer? Or is there some other reason these are discontinued that I just don't know about?
Am I supposed to be happy enough about this that I go out and buy another HP printer? Or is there some other reason these are discontinued that I just don't know about?
07-07-2020, 05:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Onebyone
I bought a laser printer on sale at Walmart for $130. I'm on my second pack of printer paper and haven't changed the initial cartridge, I use the old ink jet when I need to print freezer paper or other specialty printing.
I am curious about what you're printing on freezer paper, tho. Patterns? Sewing? Quilting? Print on non-shiny side, I presume?
07-07-2020, 04:11 PM
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I feel your pain. I had a HP Laserjet 1020 and the toner cartridges were about $120 each. I was able to buy them afor2/$160 and use a coupon as well a few years ago. I moved and also got a new computer and the printer didn't work. So I bought an HP inkjet. Ink doesn't last nearly as long but it still is cheaper.
BTW - in all the kerfufful.... I think the printer didn't work because it never was plugged into the wall? But the printer was long gone when I discovered that!
The Laser printer was also nearly 20 years old. Bought when the lasers went common and cheap!
BTW - in all the kerfufful.... I think the printer didn't work because it never was plugged into the wall? But the printer was long gone when I discovered that!
The Laser printer was also nearly 20 years old. Bought when the lasers went common and cheap!
