And just to be clear: they didn't just disable the printer; I can't even use the scanner on top unless I go and buy the Brother toners.
Screw Brother. I'm tired of reading that they're "the one good brand" out there. They are very not.
OK but is there any other alternative? Wife's SME: two Brother printers (these are with official support for everything although I did have to modify a few settings here or there when they moved office and their router IP changed for example). Home number one: Brother printer. Home number two: Brother printer.
It's really pathetic if they started preventing other toners from working but they're still fine machines.
What would I replace our four Brother laser printers with?
Basically I read your post and Brother "won": I'll just make sure to buy official Brother toners. Which sucks.
I upgraded my Mac and it resulted in my brother mfc losing the ability to scan from the mac. It seems brother did not port the driver to the new OS. Accordingly, they are dirt and I will not buy from them again.