https://www.reuters.com/legal/lawsuit-claiming-hp-all-in-one-printers-are-defective-can-proceed-2023-08-11/
Lawsuit claiming HP all-in-one printers are defective can proceed
"Customers in the proposed class action said HP concealed how its printers enter an "error state" when low on ink, disabling scanning and faxing functions that do not require ink, and forcing them to buy unnecessary, high-margin ink cartridges."