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Re:Tell HN: Brother printers now locking out non-OEM paraphe... by baxuz on Friday June 24, 2022 @09:07AM (#31861167)
Problem is that the heads clog up quite often. I had to replace mine recently. Oh, and they spew so much ink in the cleaning cycle that the pad got soaked up in 2 years.

The service would cost 1/3 the price of a new printer so I visited some shady sites to find a one-time service mode reset code.

As soon as the ink starts spilling out I'm tossing it in the garbage and never buying another printer again.

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Re:Tell HN: Brother printers now locking out non-OEM paraphe... by post_break on Friday June 24, 2022 @09:17AM (#31861280)
How often do you print? I have read those things need to be run very often to keep them from clogging or breaking down.
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Re:Tell HN: Brother printers now locking out non-OEM paraphe... by baxuz on Friday June 24, 2022 @10:01AM (#31861942)
Rarely. Like a few pages once a month - if even then. And sometimes I need to print pages upon pages, which need to be in color.

Was thinking of getting a color laser printer.

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