Using OEM-compatible—new or remanufactured—quality printer, copier, and fax, cartridges does not void original manufacturer warranty.
Consumers who purchase OEM-compatible cartridges are sometimes under the false impression that using OEM-compatible cartridges will “void the warranty”, with the implication that only the original printer manufacturer’s own brand may be used. This is simply and absolutely untrue.
Under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Improvement Act, an original equipment manufacturer may not make its printer warranty conditional on the use of any quality aftermarket accessory unless the manufacturer provides the system free of charge or the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has specifically published that only the original manufacturer’s product may be used.
For your convenience, High IQ has reprinted below the relevant section of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Improvement Act:
MAGNUSON-MOSS WARRANTY IMPROVEMENT ACT
United States Code Annotated
Title 15 Commerce and Trade
Chapter 50 Consumer Product Warranties 15 § 2302
Prohibitions on conditions for written or implied warranty; waiver by commission
"(c) No warrantor of a consumer product may condition his written or implied warranty of such product on the consumer's using, in connection with such product, any article or service ( other than article or service provided without charge under the terms of the warranty) which is identified by brand, trade, or corporate name; except that the prohibition of this subsection may be waived by the commission if -
(1) the warrantor satisfies the Commission that the warranted product will function properly only if the article or service so identified is used in connection with the warranted product, and
(2) the commission finds that such a waiver is in the public interest. "
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