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Re:HP rolled out update blocking 3rd party ink cartridges by throw0101c on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @09:25PM (#35064422)
> For those of you who haven't already, I highly recommend just biting the bullet and switching from HP to Brother for your home printing needs.

I was under the impression that newer Brother firmware versions had restrictions:

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31860131

I have an HL-L2360D, but my firmware is from 2015 (with no plans to upgrade), so have no idea if anything has changed recently.

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Re:HP rolled out update blocking 3rd party ink cartridges by Natsu on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @10:00PM (#35064652)
Hmm, I got a color laser printer over 10 years ago. I think I replaced the toner once in that time.
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Re:HP rolled out update blocking 3rd party ink cartridges by arein3 on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @05:17AM (#35067254)
Printer firmware going full circle.

I think that was the initial push RMS needed to start his open source movement, printer drivers. Firmware sould be next :)

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