Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@midwest.socialEnglish · 8 months agoWe never agreed to only buy HP ink, say printer ownerswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1318arrow-down13
arrow-up1315arrow-down1external-linkWe never agreed to only buy HP ink, say printer ownerswww.theregister.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@midwest.socialEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareiAmTheTot@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·8 months agoDo Brother printers prevent you from using non Brother branded cartridges?
minus-squareJWBananas@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoBrother printers won’t even let you print in black after you’re out of yellow for three weeks.
minus-squareyokonzo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months agoIts worth knowing brother has very recently taken on this stance as a company. They used to be the GO TO for good non shitty printers, but no longer
minus-squareJWBananas@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoDefine recent? This one is almost a decade old.
minus-squaresouthsamurai@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoAnd they’ll burn through yellow during “cleaning” to make it even worse
minus-squaresouthsamurai@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoWorse, they make printing in black only without colors anywhere from impossible to infuriating, depending on how much you’re willing to put up with. And yeah, you get one use of a non brother cartridge, then it’s “empty” permanently.
Do Brother printers prevent you from using non Brother branded cartridges?
Brother printers won’t even let you print in black after you’re out of yellow for three weeks.
Its worth knowing brother has very recently taken on this stance as a company. They used to be the GO TO for good non shitty printers, but no longer
Define recent? This one is almost a decade old.
And they’ll burn through yellow during “cleaning” to make it even worse
Worse, they make printing in black only without colors anywhere from impossible to infuriating, depending on how much you’re willing to put up with.
And yeah, you get one use of a non brother cartridge, then it’s “empty” permanently.