Fabled RepairTuber and right to repair crusader Louis Rossmann has shared a new video encapsulating his surprise, and disappointment, that Brother has morphed into an “anti-consumer printer company.”..two issues being new firmware disabling third party toner, and preventing (on color devices) color registration functionality…
..he admits that he used to tell long-suffering HP or Canon printing device owners faces with cartridge DRM issues “Buy a brother laser printer for $100 and all of your woes will be solved.”..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpHX_9fHNqE
Brother denies using firmware updates to brick printers with third-party ink
..We are aware of the recent false claims suggesting that a Brother firmware update may have restricted the use of third-party ink cartridges. Please be assured that Brother firmware updates do not block the use of third-party ink in our machines…
* I had an AIO Samsung color laser printer and was warned by the seller not to update firmware as it will block using 3rd party toner.
I don’t update my current Canon MegaTank firmware printer for the same reason
