There’s a menu setting to turn that off
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Pretzilla@lemmy.world 7 months agoMy Brother was giving a toner end of life message and refusing to print.
I took the toner end cap off and reset the gear toggle, and now it prints again.
Cool story.
kalpol@lemm.ee 7 months ago
espentan@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It would be fun if there was a menu setting called “turn shitshow off”.
Pretzilla@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yea, but nah. Went through all that no luck.
Resetting the gear toggle fixed it, though.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I did it, but eventually it didn’t. So I gave in and replaced the toner.
I got nearly 3k prints from the starter cartridge, so not bad. My replacement should get like 25k. Given that I had the original for ~8 years, I don’t think I’ll ever need a B&W printer ever again.
kalpol@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Ah ok mine is newer. I just run the cartridges dry after turning that option off.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Probably. I had to enter a special code, which overrode the block on printing, and that worked for a few hundred prints. But then I couldn’t override it anymore.
n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
I’ve got 2 brother printers, never had a problem. I’ve used Epson, HP and both were an absolute shitshow to setup
Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I got an HP because it was remote accessible, and had a scanner with a feed tray as well. It prints maybe 10 pages on a new cartridge. Costs 30 bucks for a new one. 3 dollars a page to print.
Bought a brother LaserPrinter that only prints B&W but at like 2000 pages. HP just does scanning now, nothing else