<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>jasode</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt;I thought this was illegal and why the third party cartridge market is so big.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are you talking about the Lexmark case?  That was the Supreme Court ruling against Lexmark&amp;#x27;s claim of patent infringement by a 3rd-party ink refiller.[1]&lt;p&gt;That ruling doesn&amp;#x27;t apply to &lt;i&gt;1st-party&lt;/i&gt; manufacturers using electronics&amp;#x2F;software&amp;#x2F;DRM to make 3rd-party accessories incompatible.  That&amp;#x27;s why it&amp;#x27;s currently legal for Apple&amp;#x27;s T2 chip to not validate 3rd-party repairs and Keurig coffee maker to check for approved K-Cups.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;search?q=impression+vs+lexmark&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;search?q=impression+vs+lexmark&lt;/a&gt;</text><parent_chain><item><author>jug</author><text>I thought this was illegal and why the third party cartridge market is so big. Anyway, I wouldn&amp;#x27;t recommend inkjet printers for normal home users: for plain text, I&amp;#x27;d use a B&amp;amp;W laserjet printer and if I had to print in color (like broschures or food recipes with photos), I&amp;#x27;d use a color laserjet. For quality photos, I&amp;#x27;d send them in to a professional service: it&amp;#x27;s still pretty cheap compared to inkjet printing...&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve had it with inkjet cartridges drying or having to be wasted as the printer takes them through a &amp;quot;restoration procedure&amp;quot; if it was long enough since you last printed, and you have to second guess your printer whether it&amp;#x27;s really just spending your ink, or if it does indeed do only what is absolutely necessary to not have them dry up.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>How to revert HP printer’s ban on 3rd-party ink cartridges</title><url>https://kevin.deldycke.com/2020/11/revert-hp-printer-ban-on-third-party-ink-cartridges/</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>lsaferite</author><text>This &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; a LaserJet printer he&amp;#x27;s talking about FWIW.</text><parent_chain><item><author>jug</author><text>I thought this was illegal and why the third party cartridge market is so big. Anyway, I wouldn&amp;#x27;t recommend inkjet printers for normal home users: for plain text, I&amp;#x27;d use a B&amp;amp;W laserjet printer and if I had to print in color (like broschures or food recipes with photos), I&amp;#x27;d use a color laserjet. For quality photos, I&amp;#x27;d send them in to a professional service: it&amp;#x27;s still pretty cheap compared to inkjet printing...&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve had it with inkjet cartridges drying or having to be wasted as the printer takes them through a &amp;quot;restoration procedure&amp;quot; if it was long enough since you last printed, and you have to second guess your printer whether it&amp;#x27;s really just spending your ink, or if it does indeed do only what is absolutely necessary to not have them dry up.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>How to revert HP printer’s ban on 3rd-party ink cartridges</title><url>https://kevin.deldycke.com/2020/11/revert-hp-printer-ban-on-third-party-ink-cartridges/</url></story>