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Re:Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink c... by zamalek on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @11:39AM (#43268942)
Jerking print heads for laser? That's not how laser printers work. Either way, I'm using 3rd party toner in mine (6515) just fine. It looks like people who have issues purchased metered printers.
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Re:Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink c... by noname120 on Friday March 07, 2025 @06:06AM (#43289204)
Laser heads can misalign though (not sure if Xerox does that). Your Xerox® WorkCentre 6515 printer was launched 9 years ago and is not sold anymore. It's very possible that they changed their practices since then and/or that the price point is high enough that they wouldn't do that (it's aimed at professional customers after all).

Either way after a quick Reddit search there seems to be irreplaceable parts on that printer too. For example the fuser which is allegedly not user-replaceable.

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