Comment Re:No sensible, honest person would work for HP? (Score 1) 651
...the consumer and desktop level printers are pretty much disposable junk with very expensive consumables.
Agreed.
The last 2 printers I bought were HP all-in-ones (printer/scanner/copier) at around £40 each. Both failed just after 12 months.
The first one (a C4180) gradually became unable to feed paper - I tried cleaning the rollers but that didn't really help; possibly some internal part had worked loose and was obstructing the paper.
The second printer (d7160 I think) suddenly became unable to recognise the presence of (genuine) printer cartridges.
So in the last 2-3 years, I've spent more on HP printers than on the ink cartridges, and after I bought replacement cartridges the printers never lasted long enough to use up all the ink.