Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals : technology

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Good that we did not buy a Brother printer.

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[-] MisanthropiCynic@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago

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[-] gutter_angel@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

i came across this explanation of it, haven't verified it directly but he seems to make good content:

https://youtube.com/shorts/ZX8OaZZDlM8

he says theres identification each time you print using the yellow ink, and basically is a counterfeit currency countermeasure

id kill to have a foss print setup though

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago

It's a feature that can be turned on the confidential documents but I don't think it's actually on by default.

You can check for it anyway, just print a document then attempt to scan it, if it's got the track marks it will refuse to scan because one of the things the track marks do is block scanning, although you can still take a photo of it because the camera probably won't be able to see the track marks so it's not 100% secure. In fact it's largely considered an obsolete security method these days, along with pink flimsies.

[-] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

So… when there is some controversy over an article in Lemmy it gets the strike though? How did this evolve?

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

If you read the article:

We are aware of the recent false claims suggesting that a Brother firmware update may have restricted the use of third-party ink cartridges. Please be assured that Brother firmware updates do not block the use of third-party ink in our machines.

So there’s no reason to leave an inflammatory and likely wrong title unchanged or otherwise without notation. The title is completely readable. I’m all for wrong information being flagged, and a strikethrough is a fine method of doing so.

[-] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

Totally agree. Just the first time I have seen the notation.

[-] b_tr3e@feddit.org -1 points 4 months ago

OTOH, I've been using a HP laser printer for years and the last time I spent 40€ for toner was almost two years ago. Just stay away from shitty inksquirters or even shittier "multi-function-devices". They are customer-rippoff devices without real use, nothing else. Honestly, if you think you need to print colorful, fuzzy pictures that will fade at the first streak of sunlight you probably had it coming.

[-] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

This firmware update applies to laserjets. Not inkjets.

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