There was once a time when you could print as much as your at-home ink and paper supply allowed. Then, when the ink ran out, you ran to Best Buy, Walmart, or Office Depot for a new cartridge.

HP has introduced new Envy and OfficeJet inkjet printers. The all-in-one, Wi-Fi-enabled machines offer minor upgrades over existing models, but the highlight is that they are “Instant Ink ready,” ...

People hate printers. They have tons of breakable moving parts and they require expensive ink refills. But it was even worse when HP started making printers that required 24/7 online connectivity and ...

Free ink for life apparently means free ink for three years at best. Credit: Ramin Talaie/Corbis via Getty Images It turns out HP's "free ink for life" plan wasn't actually "for life." HP recently ...

Ofek, Elie, and Marco Bertini. "HP Instant Ink: (Self) Disrupting the Consumer Printing Market." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 521-084, February 2021. (Revised May 2025.) ...