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The best part I like is it provides a unique email address and hosts a server inside it. I can literally just email a pdf and get it printed on back-back pages,

The best part I like is it provides a unique email address and hosts a server inside it. I can literally just email a pdf and get it printed on back-back pages, no commands, love it!

pmoriarty 3y ago
Downside is you have to email the documents you want to print to Brother (the company). Think about that before you email anything you want to keep private.
papruapap 3y ago
wait what? Any tutorial on how this works?
- dubcanada 3y ago
  https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/158082/~/attach%2C-email%2C-and-print---brother-apps https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/158082/...
seb1204 3y ago
Where do I find this email?
- risfriend 3y ago
  Brother provide a default unique email id with your device but you can customise it, the id has be globally unique as Brother registers it.
- romusha 3y ago
  [flagged]
hurtuvac78 3y ago
Can one guess printers email addresses and start spamming random printers? I dont see any way to register the sender's expected email on the printer. Back to fax spamming...?
- risfriend 3y ago
  Well you can customise it with the brother printer. Brother itself registers your unique email id against your registered device, hence it has to be globally unique.
- sct202 3y ago
  Someone did that to my old HP printer a couple times, but there were settings to only accept emails from specific addresses that I eventually turned on.
usrusr 3y ago
Funny how the article seems to be selling this as "not innovating". I was genuinely surprised when I discovered that it was just a social media post and not some ad-entrusted clickbait repackaging that theverge.com article while trying to one-up it with the "no innovation" claim.
- bjoli 3y ago
  They have done that for as long as they have been internet connected.
- xd1936 3y ago
  Like this slice of journalism? https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-laser-wi-fi-its-fine https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-...
  - m463 3y ago
    lol, end of article: "And here’s 275 words about printers I asked ChatGPT to write so this post ranks in search because Google thinks you have to pad out articles in order to demonstrate “authority,” but I am telling you to just buy whatever Brother laser printer is on sale and never think about printers again." (followed by chatgpt output)
- rchaud 3y ago
  "Tech innovation" these days means gating hardware features behind a subscription tier like BMW or Tesla do.

The best part I like is it provides a unique email address and hosts a server inside it. I can literally just email a pdf and get it printed on back-back pages, no commands, love it!

pmoriarty 3y ago

Downside is you have to email the documents you want to print to Brother (the company). Think about that before you email anything you want to keep private.

papruapap 3y ago

wait what? Any tutorial on how this works?

dubcanada 3y ago
https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/158082/~/attach%2C-email%2C-and-print---brother-apps https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/158082/...

seb1204 3y ago

Where do I find this email?

risfriend 3y ago
Brother provide a default unique email id with your device but you can customise it, the id has be globally unique as Brother registers it.
romusha 3y ago
[flagged]

hurtuvac78 3y ago

Can one guess printers email addresses and start spamming random printers? I dont see any way to register the sender's expected email on the printer. Back to fax spamming...?

risfriend 3y ago
Well you can customise it with the brother printer. Brother itself registers your unique email id against your registered device, hence it has to be globally unique.
sct202 3y ago
Someone did that to my old HP printer a couple times, but there were settings to only accept emails from specific addresses that I eventually turned on.

usrusr 3y ago

Funny how the article seems to be selling this as "not innovating". I was genuinely surprised when I discovered that it was just a social media post and not some ad-entrusted clickbait repackaging that theverge.com article while trying to one-up it with the "no innovation" claim.

bjoli 3y ago
They have done that for as long as they have been internet connected.
xd1936 3y ago
Like this slice of journalism? https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-laser-wi-fi-its-fine https://www.theverge.com/23642073/best-printer-2023-brother-...
- m463 3y ago
  lol, end of article: "And here’s 275 words about printers I asked ChatGPT to write so this post ranks in search because Google thinks you have to pad out articles in order to demonstrate “authority,” but I am telling you to just buy whatever Brother laser printer is on sale and never think about printers again." (followed by chatgpt output)
rchaud 3y ago
"Tech innovation" these days means gating hardware features behind a subscription tier like BMW or Tesla do.