@misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-22 months agoBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals [see comments]www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square247fedilinkarrow-up11.19Kcross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
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Brother deny the claims: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/brother-denies-using-firmware-updates-to-brick-printers-with-third-party-ink/ via https://startrek.website/comment/15279250
minus-square@snek_boi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-22 months agoThis. My partner’s office is stuck with “it has to be inkjet and not toner", and on January their printer got clogged…
minus-square@Ledericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoink jet ones are so messy, and it waste a ton of ink.
minus-square@halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•2 months agoInkjet is great, for photo printing regularly. For absolutely every other situation a laser printer is better.
This. My partner’s office is stuck with “it has to be inkjet and not toner", and on January their printer got clogged…
ink jet ones are so messy, and it waste a ton of ink.
Inkjet is great, for photo printing regularly. For absolutely every other situation a laser printer is better.