I have been using HP printers for over 40 years, starting with laser printers and moving to ink jet printers for the last 25 years. I always felt the pricing of toner was appropriate for the amount of printing generated. However, ink for all the inkjet printers that I have used has been a horribly priced product. Not only that, with cartridges having a dated shelf life, and software encoding that prohibits using compatible ink cartridges, I have decided that it is time to change brands. HP printer are priced appropriately, in my opinion. However their price for ink is outrageous. I don't mind paying a reasonable amount for supplies, but HP is pricing itself out of the market. HP doesn't allow refilling of cartridges, and will not supply a more cost effective refill for its own cartridges. Another irritating "feature" is the fact that without serviceable cartridges, the printer, scanner, copier - all of it is just dead weight on my desktop. Too much to tolerate any further.
Response from hp.comBy Amanda , HP Care, November 14, 2022
Hi there Paul,
Receiving an error message is irritating. We understand this message impacted your results. For that, we would like to apologize. If you would like, technical support at HP can help you. Contact www.support.hp.com/us-en/contact-hp/ for more information. If you prefer to troubleshoot yourself, try restarting the printer. Ensure that all recent updates haven't impacted the printer's ability to read the cartridge.