The OEM has reportedly increased the prices on a number of its “small format ink cartridges, print heads, photo value packs and small format media” by an average of 5.2 percent.
Digitek reported on the price increase, effective from 1 October, which “vary by SKU (stock keeping unit)”, and said the move is part of HP’s “standard portfolio management”.
The news comes after HP Inc CEO Dion Weisler said the printer market is not expected to improve “in the near future”, with fourth-quarter results for 2015 showing printing revenue falling 14 percent year-on-year compared to 2014.