They use the small flash inside the DRM chip in the cartridge to store the telemetry, then the e-waste companies are paid by HP to read and send to the mothership the contents of the chips sent to recycle
They use the small flash inside the DRM chip in the cartridge to store the telemetry, then the e-waste companies are paid by HP to read and send to the mothership the contents of the chips sent to recycle
the worst part:
hp printers used to be built like tanks. I had a laserjet 4 that kept going for 17 years with only occasional toner replacements (that were cheap). crisp fucking prints (b&w tho). and hp benchtop stuff like power supplies and scopes were fucking great too.
damned fucking shame.