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Can confirm, I bought a brother color laser for home use years back and it has been a tank.

Brother recently adopted the same anticonsumer tactics as everyone else

Can you tell more, please? I missed those news.

Tell HN: Brother printers now locking out non-OEM paraphernalia | Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31860131

I can concur. My four year old brother MFC works like a charm. Every part is easily accessible and it works on the network without any issues

Which exact model do you have and when did you buy it? I would advise against trusting an entire company.