• FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world
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    1 month 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

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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.