• ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    If you buy whatever Brother laser printer, the ink doesn’t dry up and you never have to print anything anyway. It’s like $100 and the cartridge lasts forever.

    And also; don’t print. If you’re a developer, put in the css that says:

    @media print { body,html {display:none;} }
    

    That might not completely do it because it’s a joke but slap !important or whatever wherever you want.

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      2 hours ago

      Brother invalidates its laser cartridges after a certain number of revolutions irrespective of how much toner is left. You used to be able to override this manually but they removed that in a software update recently. Am livid. If you know different do you mind sharing what model you have?

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        There is an official way to override this. In mine it’s pressing 7 times some button. I can’t

        Remember what it’s called, but it’s in the manual. The mode essentially lets you print until the cartridge is empty

        • FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world
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          That’s what I used to be able to do. It was pressing the back and cancel buttons in some combination brought up a hidden menu where you could reset the toner levels. You can still bring the menu up on mine but now it ignores any reset you do.