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Region blocked printers (kbin.social)
submitted 8 months ago by crossmr@kbin.social to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Piracy adjacent here. We have a printer, colour laserjet, that is from another 'region', was a really nice printer and we bought it just before moving and decided to bring it. There is an equivalent printer here with the same cartridges but we've found out they're 'region locked'. Brand is HP/Samsung.

I was wondering if anyone knows if third party cartridges which work around the chip also work around the region protection? We can actually region reset our printer, however 2/4 toner cartridges still have quite a bit in them so we'd like to use those up completely before switching.

Anyone know much about this?

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[–] Toes@ani.social 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Don't update the firmware or give it access to the internet.

Assuming it's old enough, if you put electrical tape over the chip contacts it might work.

Try using a generic PCL3 or 5 driver.

These are some weird workarounds I've seen in the wild.

Edit: there's no way to be certain unless you find another person with your exact situation and firmware that's done something. Or a thumbs up from the manufacturer.

[–] crossmr@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

I already contacted HP about resetting the region, that isn't an issue. I've also used third party cartridges in the past with it, I just wasn't sure if those were still region locked or not, as I know the third party places there actually had an exchange program where they took back your old cartridge (you got a discount) and I assume they reused it by refilling it somehow.