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@yaxu@lurk.org @steeph@todon.eu @netspooky@haunted.computer Hah,at work, our French office sent us one of these cheap HP printers they bought locally for us to evaluate it electrically.
It turns out, they also region lock the ink. As in, they have a identical US printer and ink cartridge but you can't mix them. :D
We had to get the French office to mail us an ink cartridge across the ocean lol.