That's why I love my old Brother printer. I bought refillable cartridges for it and just refill as needed... I've had to reset the print counter once a few years back (supposedly it maxes at 15,000 prints?) but it is still going strong.
Sadly it sounds like the new brother printers are going the enshittification route too, so when this thing finally blows up I guess I'm going laser with a different company.
I have am epson ecotank, you just fill tanks with ink from ink bottles every time it needs a refill
I still haven't refilled it yet since I first bought it and it came with included ink
Do new ones have that ink DRM and other unnecessary lockdowns?
I can't find the article I had originally read but apparently yes. Even with the laser ones they are supposedly purposely lowering the print quality if non-oem is used. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31860131
I hope it's all just a misunderstanding, but I'm definitely going to have to look long and hard at what I'm going to replace mine with when the time comes.
That's why I love my old Brother printer. I bought refillable cartridges for it and just refill as needed... I've had to reset the print counter once a few years back (supposedly it maxes at 15,000 prints?) but it is still going strong.
Sadly it sounds like the new brother printers are going the enshittification route too, so when this thing finally blows up I guess I'm going laser with a different company.
I have am epson ecotank, you just fill tanks with ink from ink bottles every time it needs a refill
I still haven't refilled it yet since I first bought it and it came with included ink
Do new ones have that ink DRM and other unnecessary lockdowns?
I can't find the article I had originally read but apparently yes. Even with the laser ones they are supposedly purposely lowering the print quality if non-oem is used. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31860131
I hope it's all just a misunderstanding, but I'm definitely going to have to look long and hard at what I'm going to replace mine with when the time comes.