Your Toner Is No Good Here: Region-Coding Ink Cartridges... For The Customers

Posted by BernardSwiss on Aug 21, 2015 6:32 AM EDT
Techdirt; By Tim Cushing
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German news outlet c't Magazin is reporting that Xerox printers are going further than the normal restrictions we've become accustomed to. For years, printer companies have made sure users' printers won't run without every single slot being filled with approved cartridges. This includes such stupidity as disabling every function (including non-ink-related functions like scanning) in all-in-one printers until the printer is fed. Xerox is going further. Not only do you need to refill the ink, but you have to fill it with local ink.

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