One of the pains of printer ownership is that nagging “warning” you receive that claims to void your warranty if you use a cartridge other than the brand of your printer – can they really do that?
Well, I did a little digging one day and came up with this little nugget, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, which provides that:
No warrantor of a consumer product may condition his written or implied warranty of such product on the consumer’s using, in connection with such product, any article or service (other than article or service provided without charge under the terms of warranty) which is identified by brand, trade or corporate name.
Seems to me that this is saying if these brands require you to use its ink, or else, must provide that product to you for free – I won’t hold my breath on this one!
So, what do you think? Are these warranty-voiding warnings just a bunch of hogwash?
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