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I have a Brother printer with wifi. The day it upgrades and block me from using reasonably priced toner, I'll set up to a Raspberry Pi as a print server and hoo

• bonoboTP 6y ago
  Assuming you can downgrade the firmware. The engineers probably thought of consumers trying to get rid of their malware, and design ways to make this difficult. I know some products blow physical fuses when updating the firmware and if you go back to the old firmware it won't run when it detects the blown fuse. You'd need significant electrical skills to restore/replace the fuse to the original state.
• Tepix 6y ago
  > The day it upgrades and block me from using reasonably priced toner, I'll set up to a Raspberry Pi as a print server and hook it up via USB. By then it would be too late. Alas it seems Brother doesn't do these things. It's HP. People should stop buying their products.
  • huhtenberg 6y ago
    Brother makes remarkably well-designed and BS-free products. From hardware to software. It's like a breath of fresh air, really. E.g. - Had a paper jam at some point. The on-device screen said "Paper jam. Open the front panel." Opened it, the message changed to "Remove the toner cartridge." Removed it, and it kept on going to tell where to look, what to pull, etc. Ditto with the driver installation - downloaded, run, clicked OK, done. No junk to "manage my printing experience", just what's needed to control all printing options, all laid out clearly, and exactly where Microsoft says it should be. Beautiful. Almost shed a tear.