Brother doesn't have HP levels of DRM, so it's not a clone blacklist—that is a given (thankfully). I'm leaning towards bad chips on the clone ink tanks because this model is too new to have the IR reading method that the old models used.
The first thing I would do is check the machine internally for damage to the IC reader assembly—if it looks fine, it's the chip on the clone tanks. That said, my experience leans towards bad chips with ink from third-party Amazon AliExpress clone tier carts (you can tell if they let a cat pick the name or pulled a weird name out of the air).
The better clones reset the OEM chip to at least zero out and throw a ? on the ink monitor (which effectively blocks Brother's "cannot maintain quality" hard stop, this is good). You can't track levels like with Canon machines. The way the reset works is that the printers know you reset it and respond by blocking the ability to track the levels. It's probably a preceived "punishment" by Brother but the tracking is as good as a wet fart once you refill or reman the cart. Simply put, it's honest and doesn't create a delusional situation.
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IMHO, refill OEM cores and "reset" the chip—if you can bear the mess, it fixes 95% of these problems. I usually recommend this method and refilling two OEM sets so you can rotate them out and not worry about running out mid-run due to the loss of level tracking.
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IMHO, refill OEM cores and "reset" the chip or swap on a good auto reset chip, keeping OEM chips (non resettable) in a ESD bag as a safety—if you can bear the mess, it fixes 95% of these problems. I usually recommend this method and refilling two OEM sets so you can rotate them out and not worry about running out mid-run due to the loss of level tracking.
Brother doesn't have HP levels of DRM, so it's not a clone blacklist—that is a given (thankfully). I'm leaning towards bad chips on the clone ink tanks because this model is too new to have the IR reading method that the old models used.
The first thing I would do is check the machine internally for damage to the IC reader assembly—if it looks fine, it's the chip on the clone tanks. That said, my experience leans towards bad chips with ink from third-party Amazon AliExpress clone tier carts (you can tell if they let a cat pick the name or pulled a weird name out of the air).
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The better clones reset the OEM chip to at least zero out and throw a ? on the ink monitor (which effectively blocks Brother's "cannot maintain quality" hard stop, this is good). You can't track levels but the printers know you reset it and blocked out the ability to track the levels because you can't ever trust the percentages once you refill, but they probably use this to punish people as if it's one due to the prior mentioned reason - it's HONEST.
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The better clones reset the OEM chip to at least zero out and throw a ? on the ink monitor (which effectively blocks Brother's "cannot maintain quality" hard stop, this is good). You can't track levels like with Canon machines. The way the reset works is that the printers know you reset it and respond by blocking the ability to track the levels. It's probably a preceived "punishment" by Brother but the tracking is as good as a wet fart once you refill or reman the cart. Simply put, it's honest and doesn't create a delusional situation.
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IMHO refill OEM cores and "reset" the chip -- it fixes 95% of these problems if you can bear the mess.
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IMHO, refill OEM cores and "reset" the chip—if you can bear the mess, it fixes 95% of these problems. I usually recommend this method and refilling two OEM sets so you can rotate them out and not worry about running out mid-run due to the loss of level tracking.
Brother doesn't have HP levels of DRM, so it's not a clone blacklist—that is a given (thankfully). I'm leaning towards bad chips or clone ink tanks because it is too new to have the old IR reading method that the old models used.
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Brother doesn't have HP levels of DRM, so it's not a clone blacklist—that is a given (thankfully). I'm leaning towards bad chips on the clone ink tanks because this model is too new to have the IR reading method that the old models used.
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The first thing I would do is check the machine internally for damage to the IC reader assembly—if it looks fine, it's the chip on the clone tanks. That said, my experience leans towards bad chips with ink that came from third-party Amazon AliExpress clone tier carts (you can tell if they let a cat pick the name or pulled a weird name out of the air).
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The first thing I would do is check the machine internally for damage to the IC reader assembly—if it looks fine, it's the chip on the clone tanks. That said, my experience leans towards bad chips with ink from third-party Amazon AliExpress clone tier carts (you can tell if they let a cat pick the name or pulled a weird name out of the air).
The better clones reset the OEM chip to at least zero out and throw a ? on the ink monitor (which effectively blocks Brother's "cannot maintain quality" hard stop, this is good). You can't track levels but the printers know you reset it and blocked out the ability to track the levels because you can't ever trust the percentages once you refill, but they probably use this to punish people as if it's one due to the prior mentioned reason - it's HONEST.
IMHO refill OEM cores and "reset" the chip -- it fixes 95% of these problems if you can bear the mess.
Brother doesn't have HP levels of DRM, so it's not a clone blacklist—that is a given (thankfully). I'm leaning towards bad chips or clone ink tanks because it is too new to have the old IR reading method that the old models used.
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The first thing I would do is check the machine internally for damage to the IC reader assembly—if it looks fine, it's the chip on the clone tanks. That said, my experience leans towards bad chips with ink that came from third-party Amazon AliExpress clone tier carts (you can tell if they let a cat pick the name or pulled a weird name out of the air). The better clones reset the OEM chip to at least zero out and throw a ? on the ink monitor (which effectively blocks Brother's "cannot maintain quality" hard stop, this is good). You can't track levels but the printers know you reset it and blocked out the ability to track the levels because you can't ever trust the percentages once you refill, but they probably use this to punish people as if it's one due to the prior mentioned reason - it's HONEST.
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The first thing I would do is check the machine internally for damage to the IC reader assembly—if it looks fine, it's the chip on the clone tanks. That said, my experience leans towards bad chips with ink that came from third-party Amazon AliExpress clone tier carts (you can tell if they let a cat pick the name or pulled a weird name out of the air).
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The better clones reset the OEM chip to at least zero out and throw a ? on the ink monitor (which effectively blocks Brother's "cannot maintain quality" hard stop, this is good). You can't track levels but the printers know you reset it and blocked out the ability to track the levels because you can't ever trust the percentages once you refill, but they probably use this to punish people as if it's one due to the prior mentioned reason - it's HONEST.
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IMHO refill OEM cores and "reset" the chip -- it fixes 95% of these problems if you can bear the mess.
Brother doesn't have HP levels of DRM, so it's not a clone blacklist—that is a given (thankfully). I'm leaning towards bad chips or clone ink tanks because it is too new to have the old IR reading method that the old models used.
The first thing I would do is check the machine internally for damage to the IC reader assembly—if it looks fine, it's the chip on the clone tanks. That said, my experience leans towards bad chips with ink that came from third-party Amazon AliExpress clone tier carts (you can tell if they let a cat pick the name or pulled a weird name out of the air). The better clones reset the OEM chip to at least zero out and throw a ? on the ink monitor (which effectively blocks Brother's "cannot maintain quality" hard stop, this is good). You can't track levels but the printers know you reset it and blocked out the ability to track the levels because you can't ever trust the percentages once you refill, but they probably use this to punish people as if it's one due to the prior mentioned reason - it's HONEST.