If you purchased an HP color LaserJet printer, you may benefit from a Proposed Class Action Settlement.
A class action settlement has been reached in two class action lawsuits pending against Hewlett-Packard Company (“Hewlett-Packard Company” or “Hewlett-Packard” or “HP” or “Defendant”) in the United States District Court for the Central District of California (styled Baggett v. Hewlett-Packard Co., Class Action Case No. CV 07-0667 AG and Young v. Hewlett-Packard Co., Class Action Case No. CV 09-00315 AG) alleging, among other things, that HP designed certain of its color LaserJet printers and print cartridges to prevent further printing after a certain amount of use even though toner remains in the print cartridge that could be used to print additional pages, that this technology prevented purchasers from using all of the allegedly useable toner in the print cartridge, from printing additional available pages and from using all of the printer’s functions (such as continued printing) until the print cartridge at issue is replaced, that HP represented that certain print cartridges are “empty” and/or need to be replaced even though toner remains in the cartridge, and that HP interfered with the right of purchasers to possess and use all of the toner in the HP print cartridges and/or to print additional pages from the print cartridges that they purchased and/or that HP failed properly to disclose that the relevant color LaserJet print cartridges include an “override” mechanism that permitted a user to continue printing as long as desired after any interruption or termination of printing caused by toner level in the print cartridge, according to the HP LaserJet Printer class action settlement notice.
HP LaserJet Color Printer class action lawsuit settlement class members reportedly include the following persons, unless otherwise excluded:
All persons who purchased, leased, received as a gift or otherwise acquired in the United States a printer on the “Affected Models” list.
Under the class action settlement, Affected Baggett Models reportedly include:
HP Color LaserJet 1500 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet 2500 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet 2550 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet 2820 Printer
HP Color LaserJet 2830 Printer
HP Color LaserJet 2840 Printer
HP Color LaserJet 3500 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet 3550 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet 3700 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet 4500 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet 4550 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet 4600 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet 4610N Printer
HP Color LaserJet 4650 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet 5500 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet 5550 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet 8500 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet 8550 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet 9500 Printer Series
Under the class action settlement, Affected Young Models reporedly include:
HP Color LaserJet 2600 Printer Series (Including 2600N and 2600NSE)
HP Color LaserJet 2605 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet 2700 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet 3000 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet 3600 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet 3800 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet 4700 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet CM1015/CM1017 Multifunction Printer Series (Including CLJ CM1015 MFP and CLJ CM1017 MFP)
HP Color LaserJet CM1312 Multifunction Printer Series (Including CLJ CM1312MFP and CLJ CM1312NFI MFP)
HP Color LaserJet CM2320 Multifunction Printer Series (Including CLJ CM2320FXI MFP, CLJ CM2320N MFP, CLJ CM2320NF MFP)
HP Color LaserJet CP3520 Printer Series (Including CLJ CP3525, CLJ CP3525DN, CLJ CP3525N and CLJ CP3525X)
HP Color LaserJet CP1210 Printer Series (Including CLJ CP1215, CLJ CP1215N and CLJ CP1217)
HP Color LaserJet CP1510 Printer Series (Including CLJ CP1514N, CLJ CP1515N, CLJ CP1518N and CLJ CP1518NI)
HP Color LaserJet CP2020 Printer Series (Including CLJ CP2025, CLJ CP2025DN, CLJ CP2025N, CLJ CP2025X)
HP Color LaserJet CP3505 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet CP4005 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet CP6015 Printer Series
HP Color LaserJet CM4730 Multifunction Printer Series (Including CLJ 4730 MFP, CLJ 4730X MFP, CLJ 4730XM MFP, CLJ 4730XS MFP, CLJ CM4730F MFP, CLJ CM4730FM MFP, CLJ CM4730FSK MFP, CLJ CM4730MFP)
HP Color LaserJet CM6030/CM6040 Multifunction Printer Series (Including CLJ CM6030F MFP, CLJ CM6030 MFP, CLJ CM6040 MFP, CLJ CM6040F MFP)
HP Color LaserJet CM3530 Multifunction Printer Series (Including CLJ CM3530 MFP, CLJ CM3530FS MFP)
HP Color LaserJet 1600 Printer
The proposed HP LaserJet Printer settlement reportedly provides for a number of benefits, including HP’s agreement to post on its website a description of the operation of the Affected Models as it pertains to any interruption or termination of printing caused by toner level in their print cartridges, including a description of the mechanism in certain printers that allows users to “override” any termination in printing caused by the level of toner in their print cartridges.
Hewlett Packard HP also will reportedly contribute up to $5,000,000 in e-credits to be distributed to HP LaserJet Color Printer class members who purchased, leased, received as a gift or otherwise acquired in the United States a printer listed at www.HPLaserJetPrinterSettlement.com/Documents/AffectedModelsList.pdf and who satisfy certain eligibility requirements.
The HP Color LaserJet Printer class action settlement benefits reportedly include the following:
A. Settlement class members may reportedly receive up to a $13.00 e-credit per Affected Baggett Model printer if they:
(1) Purchased, leased, received as a gift or otherwise acquired in the United States an Affected Baggett Model listed at
www.HPLaserJetPrinterSettlement.com/Documents/AffectedModelsList.pdf; and (2) Properly complete the required electronic claim form.
B. Settlement class members may reportedly receive up to a $7.00 e-credit per Affected Young Model printer if they:
(1) Purchased, leased, received as a gift or otherwise acquired in the United States an Affected Young Model listed at
www.HPLaserJetPrinterSettlement.com/Documents/AffectedModelsList.pdf;
(2) Properly complete the required electronic claim form; and
(3) Submit a signed attestation form in which they certify, under penalty of perjury, that they: (a) received a message about a print cartridge’s ability to provide additional printed pages; (b) believed that they were out of toner as a result of the message received; and (c) removed the print cartridge upon receiving the message without using the printer’s “override” function.
To obtain an e-credit, HP LaserJet Color Printer settlement class members reportedly must complete an electronic claim form (and, if instructed to do so, submit proof of purchase and/or an attestation form) at www.HPLaserJetPrinterSettlement.com by February 15, 2011.
E-credits can reportedly be redeemed for printers and printer supplies online at www.shopping.hp.com. E-credits may not be used in combination with other rebates or coupons for HP products, and only one e-credit may be used per purchase order. E-credits received for multiple different printers will not be combined into a single e-credit. An e-credit may be used only once. E-credits are reportedly valid for six months from the date of issuance and can be transferred to immediate family members only.
HP LaserJet Color Printer settlement class members who wish to exclude themselves or opt out of the HP LaserJet settlement must reportedly submit a request for exclusion by January 4, 2011.
The Court is scheduled to hold a class action settlement Fairness Hearing at 9:00 a.m. on January 31, 2011 at United States District Court, Central District of California, 411 West Fourth Street, Santa Ana, California 92701-4516 to consider, among other things, whether the Proposed HP LaserJet Color Printer Settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate to the Class.
For more information on the HP LaserJet Color Printer class action lawsuit settlement and/or for updates on the HP LaserJet Printer class action settlement, visit the HP LaserJet Printer settlement website:
www.hplaserjetprintersettlement.com
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