Question on 3rd Party Brother Printer Toner (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by gick_lover@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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Has anyone had luck using 3rd party Toner with their Brother printer in the last year? I know the firmware has changed in the last few years to prevent this, but I am wondering if 3rd party manufacturers have managed to circumvent the firmware changes.

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[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Not what you asked, but I'm somewhat okay with supporting Brother. They make good hardware, and don't do extremely anti-consumer things like have the toner or ink be locked to one printer/fax machine, sell your data, or force you to pay for supplies whether you use them or not... I know it's a low bar these days.

[-] Dickey_Butts@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago

I would bet you're fine. I sold printers for a while and brother generally didn't get up to that kind of nonsense. Don't know for sure though.

[-] FOSS_Propagandist@hexbear.net 1 points 8 months ago

Recently they've started intentionally reducing print quality with third party toners.

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