Mac Memos

Bill Andersen’s how-to reminders

HP printers not a good choice

My HP Laserjet 5650 is hardly used. I refuse to buy refills for the expensive cartridges that “expire” and cease to work, even though they are still full of ink.

More than that, HP didn’t bother to provide a driver that would work with Snow Leopard, so their printer is now landfill fodder. Waste.

HP feels no shame about this and even amuses us with the suggestion that we might want to buy a newer HP product.

“We are sorry to inform you that there will be no Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) support available for your HP product. Therefore your product will not work with Mac OS X 10.6.
If you are using the Mac OS X 10.6 operating system on your computer, please consider upgrading to a newer HP product that is supported on Mac OS X 10.6.”

Not likely, HP.

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COMMENTS

2 Comments

  1. Brian Hickey

    February 23rd, 2012 03:52 PM

    I have the exact same 5650 hooked up to my eMac running Leopard. Great printer. If you ever want to sell it let me know.

  2. Bill

    February 23rd, 2012 04:03 PM

    Brian, I wouldn’t feel right taking money from you for it… maybe we can swap something?

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