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throw0101c on March 8, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: HP have updated their printers to ban ‘non-HP’ car...

> 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.

arein3 on March 8, 2023 | [–]

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 :)

Natsu on March 8, 2023 | [–]

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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