Does the printer also refuse to print when using toners not part of the EcoPro subscription, though? Or is this just another case of people expecting their subscription toners/cartridges to last beyond their payment? I can't blame them, the marketing is sneaky about it, I just see it often on threads about HP.
The post did mention the other toners that came with the printer also locked, but I think I remember reading elsewhere that those printers are cheaper precisely because they come with EcoPro-only toners in the box.
I have a L2395DW and its factory cartridge just ran out!
Factory setting is to stop printing. It can be changed to basically print anyway.
That worked, delivering increasingly crappy prints until replacement toner cartridges arrived.
Swapped one in and the machine is back to printing fine.
I did buy aftermarket, cheap as I could find for replacement.
The factory cart still had 5 percent or so, when compared to the new ones, of toner in it.
Haven't had the sam
All said and done I am pretty happy. Toner got well used, replacement was cheap.