--- title: Blog - ASE | Small Business description: Small Business | --- [![](https://news.asedirect.com/hubfs/MVMT%20Assets/bav-logo-2.svg)](https://www.asedirect.com/) [![](https://news.asedirect.com/hubfs/MVMT%20Assets/search.jpg)](https://www.asedirect.com/search.aspx) ![](https://news.asedirect.com/hubfs/MVMT%20Assets/user_icon.svg)Login / Register - [Home](https://www.asedirect.com/) - [Technology](https://www.asedirect.com/Categories/Technology.aspx) - [Supplies](https://www.asedirect.com/Categories/Supplies.aspx) - [Office](https://www.asedirect.com/Categories/Office.aspx) - [School Supplies](https://www.asedirect.com/Categories/School-Supplies.aspx) - [Janitorial & Sanitation](https://www.asedirect.com/Categories/Janitorial-and-Sanitation.aspx) - [Furniture](https://www.asedirect.com/Categories/Furniture.aspx) - [PPE](https://www.asedirect.com/ppe) - [Medical/Surgical](https://news.asedirect.com/7dea362b-3fac-3e00-956a-4952a3d4f474/) ## Buy American Veteran - We've Got Your Six #### [HP Settlement Opens the Door for Procurement: More Choice, Less Risk](https://news.asedirect.com/hp-settlement-opens-the-door-for-procurement-more-choice-less-risk) [Buy American Veteran](https://news.asedirect.com/tag/buy-american-veteran), [HP](https://news.asedirect.com/tag/hp), [Xerox](https://news.asedirect.com/tag/xerox), [Printer](https://news.asedirect.com/tag/printer), [Lexmark](https://news.asedirect.com/tag/lexmark), [Small Business](https://news.asedirect.com/tag/small-business), [E-Procurement](https://news.asedirect.com/tag/e-procurement), [Purchasing](https://news.asedirect.com/tag/purchasing), [Sustainability](https://news.asedirect.com/tag/sustainability), [Remanufactured](https://news.asedirect.com/tag/remanufactured), [Cost-Savings](https://news.asedirect.com/tag/cost-savings), [Toner](https://news.asedirect.com/tag/toner), [Ink](https://news.asedirect.com/tag/ink), [Supplier Diversity](https://news.asedirect.com/tag/supplier-diversity), [Security](https://news.asedirect.com/tag/security), [Cybersecurity](https://news.asedirect.com/tag/cybersecurity), [Supply Chain](https://news.asedirect.com/tag/supply-chain), [Data Management](https://news.asedirect.com/tag/data-management) [Becky - ASE Director of Marketing](https://news.asedirect.com/author/becky-naron) For years, printer OEMs like HP have quietly pushed firmware updates that “lock out” third-party cartridges. 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