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this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2025
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Simple fix here, stop buying the companies that do this. I bought a brother printer and I won’t go back.
Oh well, Brother's now in this too:
https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/printers/brother-accused-of-locking-down-third-party-printer-ink-cartridges-via-firmware-updates-removing-older-firmware-versions-from-support-portals
This was in the related articles: https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/printers/brother-denies-firmware-blocks-third-party-toner-and-ink-use
And I believe them. The reddit post in Rossman's video was 3 years old. I have personally installed and updated 5 Brother printers in the last year and they all still run on 3rd-party toner.
Thanks for added context!
That sucks, I bought mine a few years ago and haven’t had any issues yet. 🤞
I bought a 15 year old second-hand Brother laser printer - works like a charm, operates under both Windows and Linux, still has all the spare parts you can think of readily available, and you can just load any toner into the official cartridge to use it again, and again, and again.
Love it. Simple, dirt cheap, just works and does it well.