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Mark Tyson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Louis Rossmann has shared a new video encapsulating his surprise, and disappointment, that Brother has morphed into an \u201canti-consumer printer company.\u201d More information about Brother\u2019s embrace of the dark side are shared on Rossmann\u2019s wiki<\/a>, with the major two issues being new firmware disabling third party toner, and preventing (on color devices) color registration functionality.<\/p>\n

Rossmann is clearly perturbed by Brother\u2019s quiet volte-face with regard to aftermarket ink. Above he admits that he used to tell long-suffering HP or Canon printing device owners faces with cartridge DRM issues \u201cBuy a brother laser printer for $100 and all of your woes will be solved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sadly, \u201cBrother is among the rest of them now,\u201d mused the famous RepairTuber.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Scharon Harding<\/a> (via Slashdot<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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The video, spotted by Tom\u2019s Hardware<\/a>, has 163,000 views as of this writing and seems to be based on a Reddit post <\/a>from 2022. In that post, Reddit user 20Factorial said that firmware update W1.56 caused the automatic color registration feature to stop working on his Brother MFC-3750 when using third-party cartridges.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the colors not able to be aligned, the printer is effectively non-functional,\u201d 20Factorial said. The Redditor went on to say that when asked, a Brother customer service agent confirmed that \u201cthe printer is non-functional without genuine toner.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Brother denied to Ars Technica that it intentionally bricks printer functionality when users install third-party toner or ink.<\/p>\n

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20Factorial isn\u2019t the only one who has claimed to see printer capabilities decline when trying to use a third-party cartridge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The general consensus seems to be that official Brother cartridges work a little better, but that Brother doesn\u2019t block you from using alternatives.<\/p>\n

Previously:<\/p>\n

Brother<\/a> DRM<\/a> iOS<\/a> Mac<\/a> Printing<\/a><\/p>\n

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