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	[[Brother Industries, Ltd.\|Brother]] used to be known for allowing third-party toner use & being less consumer hostile than companies such as HP. In recent years, they've implemented '''firmware updates that deliberately degrade print quality when using non-OEM toner'''. These updates disable color registration & other features which coerces consumers into buying expensive genuine Brother toner.		[[Brother Industries, Ltd.\|Brother]] used to be known for allowing third-party toner use & being less consumer hostile than companies such as [[HP]]. In recent years, they've implemented '''firmware updates that deliberately degrade print quality when using non-OEM toner'''. These updates disable color registration & other features which coerces consumers into buying expensive genuine Brother toner.

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