“There’s a perception that ink is one of the most expensive substances in the world,” says Thom Brown, marketing manager at HP. Well, yeah. One might get that feeling walking out of a store having ...

HP’s “dynamic security” prevents you from using third-party ink with HP printers. While HP does this to “protect the quality of our customer experience,” being able to buy cheaper, non-HP ink can save ...

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Amazon’s No. 1 bestselling printer is the ...

HP launched a subscription service today that rents people a printer, allots them a specific amount of printed pages, and sends them ink for a monthly fee. HP is framing its service as a way to ...

It comes as no surprise that printer ink is expensive. Printer manufacturers operate on the classic razor-and-blade business model: sell printers at low prices to lock customers into purchasing ...

The HP Smart Tank 7001 (or 7005 in the UK and Europe) is a refillable inkjet aimed at the home or the office. It’s a neat desktop design with enough room for 250 sheets of Letter paper in its ...

Last Thursday, HP CEO Enrique Lores addressed the company's controversial practice of bricking printers when users load them with third-party ink. Speaking to CNBC Television, he said, "We have seen ...

How much ink does an all-in-one printer need in order to fax a document? Or to scan one to your computer? The obvious answer is “none.” But if you own certain printers from companies like HP and Canon ...

Free ink for life apparently means free ink for three years at best. Credit: Ramin Talaie/Corbis via Getty Images It turns out HP's "free ink for life" plan wasn't actually "for life." HP recently ...

Last week’s column on home printing brought some good emails this week. Here’s one from Mac: Your current column on printers hit my last nerve. I would love to see you do an expanded column on the ...