"Our long-term objective is to make printing a subscription, Intel CEO Enrique Lores said in an interview with CNBC last year, when asked about the idea of warming up to third-party cartridges. "We ...

Printer ink costs more per ounce than Dom Pérignon, yet you’re locked into buying it from manufacturers who design cartridges with built-in restrictions. Paris-based Open Tools just torpedoed this ...

Traditional inkjet printers have become increasingly frustrating for anyone who values flexibility, repairability, or creative experimentation. Locked-down firmware prevents modifications, expensive ...

Why it matters: HP has long faced sharp criticism for forcing users to purchase expensive, DRM-locked ink cartridges or pushing them toward subscription services. Even Brother, traditionally viewed as ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...

The Open Printer features a modular and highly repairable design, and while it uses the popular HP 63 cartridges, it lacks DRM blocks that lock out third-party cartridges. It also allows printing on ...

Annemarije de Boer is a Los Angeles-based director and visual storyteller specializing in technology reviews and digital innovation journalism. Drawing from her BA in Psychology and decades of ...