Originally published at wirthconsulting. HP Printer Owners Eligible for Class-Action Settlement Payment A contentious case involving users being blocked from using HP inkjet printers after installing third-party ink cartridges appears to be over. Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a press release stating that a settlement has been reached with HP Inc. in the class-action lawsuit concerning Dynamic Security, a technology HP installed with some of its inkjet printers. The plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit alleged that Dynamic Security caused their HP printers to stop working if they were using certain non-HP replacement ink cartridges. Under the settlement, HP agreed not to reactivate Dynamic Security in the affected printers and to pay $1.5 million. HP denies that it did anything wrong. Class Members are included in the settlement if they owned one of the following printers between March 1, 2015 and December 31, 2017.