Oh no! That's disappointing to hear that they might have started requiring chipped ink in their newer printers!
Thanks for letting me know - I'll have to try to remember that the next time I need to buy one and I'll have to do my research extra well about that. On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 6:14 PM Russell Senior <russ...@personaltelco.net> wrote: > The difficulty, of course, and this goes without saying in today's > world, is that printers have been one of the leading edges of customer > abuse and just keep getting worse. I was reminded again today reading > Cory Doctorow's rant on the subject: > https://pluralistic.net/2022/08/07/inky-wretches/ > > I have heard the positive reviews of Brother products and the (at > least then) lack of vendor lock on consumables, but in contrast, I > inherited a Brother Inkjet MFC_J497DW a couple years ago and it *does* > seem to require chipped ink cartridges and does all the other > obnoxious things, like refusing to print black and white documents > when the cyan cartridge ink level falls below what it considers an > admirable amount of remaining ink. > > I am the last person to complain about not answering the question > asked (and please continue, it might help someone, possibly even me) > but to really feel confident, I need to know that *this model* won't > screw me over. > > Again, thanks all for the replies! > > When the revolution comes, the lawyers can breathe a sigh of relief as > they enjoy their temporary reprieve until the mob finishes with the > people making printers. > > -- > Russell >
