This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
This shit happened to me recently. Installed firmware update and immediately my 3rd party toner stops working. Try to find old firmware to roll back to and couldn't locate it anywhere. Found some for other models via Google drive links in Reddit posts, but nothing for my printer.
I replaced the toner with new 3rd party toner which worked. And now I'll never install another firmware update on the printer and should probably block it from the internet.
Any brands left? π€π
FedEx if you only need to print once in a blue moon...
Or the library or office supply store.
They were the last good guys :(
I guess it's time to buy the printer I've been postponing
We seriously need a FOSS+FOSH printer
I have even thought of some names:
Nooo, you were the only remaining printer company that wasn't a customer-hating dumpster fire of a company!
Oh, Brother.
Drag thought Brother were supposed to be the makers of user friendly printers. Are they enshittifying?
I too watched Louis Rossmanβs YouTube video to author.
My general rule of thumb is that any software update has a 50% chance of making the software worse. So I don't update anything without a good reason. That includes not just device updates but things like phone apps.
Fuck I just got rid of my 2008 BW laser brother and bought a new one that hasn't arrived. Thanks for the warning, at least I will be able to set my firewall before I even connect it to my network
It's going to get to the point where you might be better off going back to dot matrix if tank-based inkjet printers are somehow locked down via chemical DRM too.
Anyone know which ip addresses to block to stop the updates?
If you set the wrong gateway in the static IP settings or a reserved DHCP lease, it won't be able to get out.
So⦠when there is some controversy over an article in Lemmy it gets the strike though? How did this evolve?
