Every time some news about printers pops up, I see people praising Brother printers. Not a long time ago, I had to purchase a printer and decided to buy Brother one, since so many praises it. Seller included cartridges, but the printer refused to acknowledge the full black ink cartridge. It simply reported it as empty.

I was unable to find any way to trick it or to bypass that check. I ended up having to purchase a new black ink cartridge for about 1/5th price of the printer. Now I either need to purchase some device to reprogram the chip on that cartridge or throw it away.

Bottom line, Brother printers are no better than the rest of them.