HP to spam printers

HP partners with Yahoo for targeted ads - Computerworld

My favourite part is:

"What we discovered is that people were not bothered by it," Nigro said. "Part of it I think our belief is you're used to it. You're used to seeing things with ads."

But who's going to pay for the ink and paper? This has backlash written all over it.

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Comments

earweed

We're going to be paying the exhorbitant price HP charges for it's ink so that HP can force us to print ads on our own paper..don't like it at all.

wd40

I think both of you are missing the point

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IMHO what they mean is: if you print this page of TE the advertisement "on the top or bottom of the page" may be changed based on the instructions by the web printing service.

So, The overall printed material will not change in size.

Devilsbane

wd40 wrote: »

IMHO what they mean is: if you print this page of TE the advertisement "on the top or bottom of the page" may be changed based on the instructions by the web printing service.

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What happens if you only print the selected text? That is how I normally print off webpages. Its quicker and just looks nicer. Otherwise I'll just start copy and pasting into word.

wd40

Devilsbane wrote: »

What happens if you only print the selected text? That is how I normally print off webpages. Its quicker and just looks nicer. Otherwise I'll just start copy and pasting into word.

The article talks about the latest web-connected printers like this one:
HP Photosmart Premium TouchSmart Web All-in-One Printer | HP® Official Store

So "I think" normal printers / normal printing from a PC to a web connected printer will not be affected.

sambuca69

This comment was my favorite, "Two fast becoming irrelevant companies producing retarded ideas."

Ahriakin

One of the most ridiculous ideas I've ever heard.

Selfmade

only time I use a printer is at work, I never use one otherwise