A moral suasion, an invitation, from the AGCM to Epson and Lexmark was enough for them to clarify to consumers whether their printers work with non-original ink or toner cartridges, or if they only accept original ones. Otherwise they would have run the risk of the Authority extracting a card other than the yellow one,

The EU Circular Economy package part II – Still not delivering on right to repair   On the 30th of November 2022, the European Commission released its second set of circular economy initiatives. Sadly, as expected, the long due right to repair initiative is not part of it. Despite soaring living costs and years of

The work of cutting costs in the hi-tech industry continues: HP has announced that it will cut from 4,000 to 6,000 employees in order to keep costs at lower levels. Other improvements are also planned at an operational and product level. by Manolo De Agostini published on November 23 2022, at 08:51 in the MARKET

As the holidays approach, readers are reporting another HP firmware update impacting aftermarket products. We do not recommend all firmware updates on printers due to the risk of blocking aftermarket cartridges. A recent firmware update is impacting some of the newer HP printers. Once installed, the printer will display an error message that says, “The

Time to put an end to the ‘take, make, break and throw away’ model as the European Commission publishes the Ecodesign and Energy Labeling Work Plan 2022-2024 and rejects the OEM’s voluntary agreement for imaging . The work plan confirmed the Commission’s assessment that the presentation of the revised Voluntary Agreement proposed by representatives of