Comment

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

nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Because the built-in networking stack on printers is garbage and having to install drivers on every client sucks.

Sort:hotnew top

dan@upvote.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’ve never had issues with networking or drivers with my Brother printer. I don’t have any Apple devices, but on Windows and Linux I just use the drivers that come with the OS.

source
- nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I’ve not had a Brother printer so, can’t say from experience. My Epson Ecotank needed a driver to work. Setting it up on an RPi 3B with a CUPS server took care of it.
  
  source