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

Naich@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• nul9o9@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Epson inkjets with refillable tanks probably.

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  • Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Depending on the frequency of your printing, they can suck as well. Chronically clogged nozzles are maddening.

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    • darkevilmac@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You can run a power clean cycle which should help, then just replace the foam pads they saturate with ink for the cleaning

      They’re not perfect but they’re still the most consumer friendly option on the market at this point

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    • nul9o9@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, that’s true. That was a pain in the ass when my wife needed good color accuracy.

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    • snek_boi@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This. My partner’s office is stuck with “it has to be inkjet” and not toner, and on January their printer got clogged…

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      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Inkjet is great, for photo printing regularly. For absolutely every other situation a laser printer is better.

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      • Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        ink jet ones are so messy, and it waste a ton of ink.

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have the 2850. Been using it for a couple years now. Print maybe once a month. Nozzles get clogged periodically but you run the automated cleaning process and it’s back to working again.

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  • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Did they ever make the excess ink parts user replaceable?

    That they weren’t in some models kept me from getting one when I was in the market a few years ago.

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  • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That printer is a nightmare. But financially makes sense.

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  • Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The printer has the same ink problems, clogged, runs out easy, can’t print b&w when missing a color. But I can buy random ink.

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• Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t know if it matters, but I just bought a Canon laser printer. Didn’t see anywhere about forced subscription options for toner.

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  • Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    we bought laser canon printer to, toner cartridge doesnt use color, so if you want color you would need an ink printer, its better to print a library or a printer shop anyways.

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    • rooster_butt@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have a color canon laser printer scanner.

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      • Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s actually what I bought, too.

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• Pregnenolone@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t at all feel vindicated, but my Brother printer is the worst printer I ever owned (this was 20 years ago admittedly). Absolute hunk of junk with nothing but problems. I’ve always wondered why they were so well recommended online.

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  • Naich@lemmings.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Could have been a Friday afternoon one. The one I have is a workhorse that could print on bark using toner made of charcoal and dust.

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• Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ve got a Lexmark laser printer, and while there are cheaper subscription toners, you can pay the higher price for normal toner, and buy compatibles, for now at least.

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  • Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    you seem to have gotten a smart printer, new ones have that one, we got a canon laser.

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• Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  use a laser printer? preferabally the ones that doesnt use updates or any newer versions.

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• Meron35@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Kyocera. Also Japanese, and plenty of cheap generic toners available online.

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• pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  ill have to recommend buying old refurbished printers

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