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hedge@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

We must end the tyranny of printers in American life

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hedge@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago
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Analysis | We must end the tyranny of printers in American life
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Printers are awful, and they're not going to change. Let's work together to print less and slowly kill off printers for good.

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    https://www.therecycler.com/posts/new-firmware-updates-affect-aftermarket-cartridges/

    https://www.reddit.com/r/printers/comments/s9b2eg/brother_mfc_firmware_update_nongenuine_toner_now/

    Sorry for the reddit link but there is still so much useful info there.

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      Here is an archive link https://archive.li/CYIkm

      I’ve never got a prompt for a firmware update and just used whatever generic drivers was automatically supplied. Might be in luck with being an older model.

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