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I'm sure HP will follow suite any moment now.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I think I might have peed a little bit there!
With the ongoing world-wide chip shortage that's creeping into everything, it has now crept into the ink jet refill supply chain! I guess Canon has either been getting slammed with support calls or has decided to be preemptive and is telling people that the refills they are now producing will not have chips, like third-party refills that you can buy for much less than the Canon-brand refills. And when you get a warning on "its imageRUNNER large-office printers how to defeat its own protections against cartridges that don’t have chips.
The software on these printers comes with a relatively simple way to defeat the chip checks. Depending on the model, when an error message occurs after inserting toner, users can press either “I Agree,” “Close,” or “OK.” When users press that button, the world does not end. Rather, Canon says users may find that their toner cartridge doesn’t give them a low-toner warning before running empty.
“Although there are no negative effects on print quality when consumables are used without electronic components, certain additional functions, such as the detection of the toner level, may be impaired,” Canon’s support site says.
So don't worry about print quality, just don't be surprised if it runs completely dry without any further warnings. Seems fair.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/01/chip-shortage-has-canon-telling-customers-how-to-skirt-its-printer-toner-drm/
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/01/10/1959243/chip-shortage-has-canon-telling-customers-how-to-defeat-its-drm
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I think I might have peed a little bit there!
With the ongoing world-wide chip shortage that's creeping into everything, it has now crept into the ink jet refill supply chain! I guess Canon has either been getting slammed with support calls or has decided to be preemptive and is telling people that the refills they are now producing will not have chips, like third-party refills that you can buy for much less than the Canon-brand refills. And when you get a warning on "its imageRUNNER large-office printers how to defeat its own protections against cartridges that don’t have chips.
The software on these printers comes with a relatively simple way to defeat the chip checks. Depending on the model, when an error message occurs after inserting toner, users can press either “I Agree,” “Close,” or “OK.” When users press that button, the world does not end. Rather, Canon says users may find that their toner cartridge doesn’t give them a low-toner warning before running empty.
“Although there are no negative effects on print quality when consumables are used without electronic components, certain additional functions, such as the detection of the toner level, may be impaired,” Canon’s support site says.
So don't worry about print quality, just don't be surprised if it runs completely dry without any further warnings. Seems fair.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/01/chip-shortage-has-canon-telling-customers-how-to-skirt-its-printer-toner-drm/
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/01/10/1959243/chip-shortage-has-canon-telling-customers-how-to-defeat-its-drm
