HP printers, when they decide to work, can produce decent prints. However, the journey to get there is often paved with frustration, especially when the Printer App is involved. My experience with HP has been nothing short of a scam, and the printer app is often at the heart of the problem.
For three years, I subscribed to HP ink, lured in by promises of convenience and rollover pages. However, those promises were empty. Despite paying consistently, I never received an extra ink cartridge, nor could I utilize the rollover pages that were supposedly part of the deal. Finally, I cancelled the HP ink subscription, hoping to regain control over my printing.
Even after cancelling and with cartridges that the printer app claimed were low but still functional, every print job came out blank. This was after the printer app insisted on being the gateway to printing in the first place. Previously, with the ink subscription, printing directly from a document or website was sometimes possible, but now, everything had to go through the HP Smart printer app.
This experience leads me to strongly advise against buying an HP printer. And under no circumstances should you subscribe to HP ink. Purchasing ink independently from a provider you trust and printing as needed is a far superior approach.
It’s also crucial to understand the limitations of the HP ink subscription. You are restricted to a certain number of pages per month, dictated by the printer you own. Exceeding this limit incurs extra charges per page. Even printing errors or mistakes originating from the printer itself count against your monthly page allowance.
Furthermore, payment for the subscription can become another hurdle. Using prepaid cards or cards with security locks is problematic. If payment fails at the time of billing due to a locked card, printing is immediately blocked. Unlocking the card and updating payment information within the printer app becomes a mandatory, multi-step process just to print, even if you have rollover pages available.
In conclusion, the combination of unreliable printers, deceptive ink subscriptions, and a problematic printer app makes the entire HP printing ecosystem something to avoid. Choose a different brand and regain control over your printing experience, free from the constraints and frustrations of the HP printer app and its associated scams.
