HP 2, Consumers 0:
For purchasers of HP cartridge series 02, and 14 this can’t be good news for you. Ninestar Imaging (makers of the G&G brand of inkjet cartridge) has been successfully sued and have settled with printer maker Hewlett Packard over “intellectual property” rights. Ninestar has agreed to stop making the HP 02 series inkjet cartridge which works in a bevy of photosmart series of printers, as well as the HP 14 series of inkjet cartridges that work with a variety of officejet printers.
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- HP 02, HP 14 From Ninestar.
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- HP C5010AN Color
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- HP C8771WN Cyan
But it’s just an ink tank?
This case basically clears the way for HP to prevent manufacturers overseas from making copies of their ink tanks. The two cartridges in question are both just ink containers without any relevant technology to the printing process other than the fact that they hold ink. There is no special technology in these cartridges that makes the printer print any better. They are molded plastic ink containers with a chip on them which tells the print monitor software on your PC/Mac that the cartridge needs to be changed. The chip is also there to prevent easy refilling by consumers.
These compatibles were never a giant seller like the HP 45 black cartridge (HP 02, HP 14 are used in about 40 different HP printers), however consumers were purchasing them. Our guess is that Hewlett Packard will release “new” printers that use these cartridge sets.
Press release here:
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2009/090324b.html
Others reporting:
http://www.rechargermag.com/articles/71397/
HP part numbers affected:
HP 02 series consists of 6 individual ink tanks:
- C8721WN – Black
- C8771WN – Cyan
- C8772WN – Magenta
- C8773WN – Yellow
- C8774WN – Photo Cyan
- C8775WN – Photo Magenta
The HP 14 series consists of 2 cartridges; black/color
- C5010AN – Color
- C5011AN – Black
Filed under: Industry News Tagged: | Cartridge Ban, hp, HP 02, HP 14, Ink, officejet, photosmart
