Using cartridges after cancelling HP Instant Ink

Found 1st Mar 2016

Wondering if someone has experience of this - I recently cancelled my service but the cartridges are almost full. You're supposed to send them back but that seems a waste, they're not going to recover the ink. They're supposed to stop working as well, but my printer is disconnected from the internet, and the cartridges still work...so...anyone have experience of this? Do they really expect the cartridges back? Are they uniqely identifiable (sounds unlikely)?

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3rd Mar 2016

I think you'll be charged for any further prints

Original Poster

3rd Mar 2016

Well...not if I keep the printer disconnected from the net!

24th Jun 2016

what happened with this? Take it you're not using the wifi printing feature on the printer?

Original Poster

24th Jun 2016

Not using wifi, don't need it. Happily using the cartridges despite the regular prompt to connect to the net

4th Oct 2017

You can disconnect from the net but your printer counts the pages printed and when you reconnect to the net it sends HP the number of pages you have printed and they charge them against your account. You can disconnect from the net, print, hack your printer to delete the pages you printed, then reconnect to the net.

Original Poster

5th Oct 2017

Now that is interesting...and fear of that happening is the reason I've never reconnected!

27th Mar

Go to the pad on the printer and turn off web services.

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