misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-215 hours 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-square236fedilinkarrow-up11.16Karrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: hackernews
arrow-up11.16Karrow-down1external-linkBrother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals [see comments]www.tomshardware.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-215 hours agomessage-square236fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hackernews
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-squareT156@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoDot matrix is also an option, if they neither want to bother with toner, nor inkjet.
Dot matrix is also an option, if they neither want to bother with toner, nor inkjet.
Just ribbons an print heads