Unfortunately even Brother has resorted to similar means to locking their cartridges. I got Brother because they have been reliable, but was disappointed to see

Unfortunately even Brother has resorted to similar means to locking their cartridges. I got Brother because they have been reliable, but was disappointed to see Epson and others with better Linux support when in the past I had thought Brother had good support. You can use IPP Everywhere or whatever they call it but you lose access to a lot of the printer and page options.