Judge denies HP's plea to throw out all-in-one printer lockdown lawsuit - AiO devices won't scan or fax without ink, and plaintiffs say IT giant illegally withheld that info from buyers

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Judge denies HP's request to dismiss printer lockdown suiit
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Judge denies HP's plea to throw out all-in-one printer lockdown lawsuit - AiO devices won't scan or fax without ink, and plaintiffs say IT giant illegally withheld that info from buyers::AiO devices won't scan or fax without ink, and plaintiffs say IT giant illegally withheld that info from buyers

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Color laser printers are very expensive and still don't achieve the same picture quality as an inkjet printer. And I have read once that dust from laser printers might cause cancer but not sure how much there really is to that.

Color lasers are about $300 dollars, do better quality, and have 10x the output per cartridge on a bad day. And they don't dry rot when left without printing for extended periods. Replace the ink on an inkjet more than twice, and a laser is already a better deal.

If you want to print pictures to hang on your wall, ink printers print much better color quality.

If you want flat graphics to print on a document, laser is better.

Just depends on what your use case is.

Not just that, but it’s impossible to find a colour laser that’ll do 11x17 and duplex. I think my only option is a small office printer lease.

No they're not, and the quality is better. Quit lying.

Huh? No, I am not. Find me an inexpensive laser printer that does color at the same level of quality as a basic inkjet printer.

They are, though. By a huge margin.

You think $250 is "very expensive" for a printer?

This is gonna blow your mind mate - statements like "very expensive" are entirely subjective.

Also ten times the price of the cheapest inkjet printers is considerably more expensive - one could even call that 'very' expensive in comparison, no?