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Apache License 2.0 | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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brother
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Brother Toner Levels & Zabbix - A Possible Solution
Big thanks to Maciej Bieniek for writing some Python code that showed me the values I needed to find (https://github.com/bieniu/brother/blob/master/brother/const.py).
brother_printer_fwupd
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告诉HN:兄弟打印机现在锁定了非OEM的配件 (Tell HN: Brother printers now locking out non-OEM paraphernalia)
https://github.com/sedrubal/brother_printer_fwupd/issues/9
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Brother printers now locking out non-OEM paraphernalia
https://www.earth.li/~noodles/blog/2015/11/updating-hl3040cn-firmware.html
I decided to poll my printer. I then noticed an OSS/python project to just handle it via a package. However, I noticed this issue:
https://github.com/sedrubal/brother_printer_fwupd/issues/9
Startled, I Googled... and the printer listed is an inkjet. For a second I was relieved, but then started to search for other issues, and found this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/printers/comments/s9b2eg/brother_mfc_firmware_update_nongenuine_toner_now/htm1vw4/
Not only is the above, post-sale firwmware update a change of what I understood to be Brother's historical policy, the method is beyond evil.
Brother seems to be apparently accepting the toner, but then purposefully making the print quality poorer.
I literally cannot think of something, product wise, more evil. It's one thing to say "We refuse to use 3rd party toner", and another to accept the toner, and then just purposefully print like garbage.
I was a happy HP customer for years, and only switched to Brother (which, by all accounts, is a much smaller / less renowned company) for the sole reason to not be vendor locked.
I will likely return this printer, but thought HN should know what Brother seems to be up to.
What are some alternatives?
python-escpos - Python library to manipulate ESC/POS printers
brother_ql - Python package for the raster language protocol of the Brother QL series label printers (QL-500, QL-550, QL-560, QL-570, QL-700, QL-710W, QL-720NW, QL-800, QL-810W, QL-820NWB, QL-1050, QL-1060N and more).
escpos-printer-db - Database of ESC/POS thermal receipt printers
prometheus-enhanced-snmp-exporter - Enhanced prometheus SNMP exporter with multithreading support and variable SNMP pooling interval