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If you have a #Brother #printer, take a quick #security break, so your printer doesn’t get commandeered into a botnet! 
1. Check if your printer model is on this list and has updated firmware available:
https://support.brother.com/g/s/id/security/CVE-2017-9765.pdf
2. If new firmware is available, download the appropriate updater here:
(EDIT: See replies to this post for alternative, better ideas!)
3. Story for context:
https://www.securityweek.com/new-vulnerabilities-expose-millions-of-brother-printers-to-hacking/
Brother Printer Bug In 689 Models Exposes Millions To Hacking - An anonymous reader quotes a report from SecurityWeek: Hundreds of printer models ... - https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/06/26/2351234/brother-printer-bug-in-689-models-exposes-millions-to-hacking?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #printer
hardware.slashdot.orgBrother Printer Bug In 689 Models Exposes Millions To Hacking - SlashdotAn anonymous reader quotes a report from SecurityWeek: Hundreds of printer models from Brother and other vendors are impacted by potentially serious vulnerabilities discovered by researchers at Rapid7. The cybersecurity firm revealed on Wednesday that its researchers identified eight vulnerabilities...
Ask Slashdot: Printer Recommendation For Family With Kids? - jalvarez13 writes: My venerable HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus is showing its age and ... - https://ask.slashdot.org/story/25/06/23/2313202/ask-slashdot-printer-recommendation-for-family-with-kids?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #printer
ask.slashdot.orgAsk Slashdot: Printer Recommendation For Family With Kids? - Slashdotjalvarez13 writes: My venerable HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus is showing its age and it has become expensive to operate due to the cost of the original cartridges. I tried some alternative cartridges but the printer rejects them.
Now that schools still require kids to print stuff at home (mine are i...
When you break open a ream of paper and it's so stiff it takes you forever to work it out and fluff it up with air so that it fans smoothly in the paper tray, that's what my body feels like all the time: an old stiff ream of paper.
Ok, looks like I do need to buy a new #printer, I am no longer able to keep the old one hobbling along. Of course I have read the horror stories about enshittification and DRM, including finally Brother. Please advise me on the least horrible one I can buy.
—home office, low volume
—color
—current or recent production
—easy to get new inks
—avoiding AI, dark patterns, “ecosystems”, cloud, and other shit traps.
#AskFedi #HiveMind
Philips Debuts 3D Printable Components To Repair Products - Philips has launched a new initiative called "Philips Fixables," offering free, of... - https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/05/12/2041206/philips-debuts-3d-printable-components-to-repair-products?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #printer
hardware.slashdot.orgPhilips Debuts 3D Printable Components To Repair Products - SlashdotPhilips has launched a new initiative called "Philips Fixables," offering free, officially drafted 3D-printable replacement parts to encourage self-repair and sustainability. The program is initially available in the Czech Republic but aims to expand over time. Tom's Hardware reports: This is a new...
Starbucks Opens Its First 3D-Printed Store - What can you build with a 3D printer? Starbucks just printed itself a new store — ... - https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/04/27/2041226/starbucks-opens-its-first-3d-printed-store?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #printer
hardware.slashdot.orgStarbucks Opens Its First 3D-Printed Store - SlashdotWhat can you build with a 3D printer? Starbucks just printed itself a new store — a drive-through location in the southern tip of Texas.
Fast Company says it's a store that "looks more like the future of construction than your average café."
Built with layers of concrete piped out b...
The only good #Printer is a post-thermite printer.
Best extruder cover so far 
The loading circle is connected to the motor shaft, so it spins while printing 
It's that time of the year again :) The 2025 Update is here. With Gemini AI writing half of the article.
"This is the third year in a row that I’ve published a story recommending you just stop thinking about printers and buy whatever random Brother laser printer is on sale, and nothing has happened in the miserably user-hostile printer industry to change my recommendation in that time." — Nilay Patel, The Verge
That Brother laser printer you bought can also pretend it's a plotter
https://scruss.com/blog/2025/04/09/plotter-stuff-on-that-brother-printer/
We Saw a Chicken … · plotter stuff on that Brother printerThat Brother laser printer you bought can also pretend it’s a plotter. One of the requirements embedded in a PCL-compatible printer is an implementation of HP-GL/2. This is a slightly modifie…
Dozens of Solenoids Turn Vintage Typewriter into a Printer - An electric typewriter is a rare and wonderful thrift store find, and even better ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/08/dozens-of-solenoids-turn-vintage-typewriter-into-a-printer/ #electrictypewriter #classichacks #typewriter #solenoid #printer #matrix #mosfet #parts
Hackaday · Dozens Of Solenoids Turn Vintage Typewriter Into A PrinterAn electric typewriter is a rare and wonderful thrift store find, and even better if it still works. Unfortunately, there’s not as much use for these electromechanical beauties, so if you fin…
Build a printer that paints a single dot, one by one inch maybe, entirely by GPS, with restoring this art as its entire purpose. Attach the printer under many cars. It should only do one dot a pass on rhe street so the painting should never be noticed.
Never noticed.
The BLACK LIVES MATTER should fade in, over a long time.
Hackaday Links: March 16, 2025 - “The brickings will continue until the printer sales improve!” This whole printer-... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/16/hackaday-links-march-16-2025/ #hackadaycolumns #hackadaylinks #learntocode #conviction #engineroom #container #logicbomb #firmware #printer #slider #cursor #brick #crime #toner #ship #llm #hp
Hackaday · Hackaday Links: March 16, 2025“The brickings will continue until the printer sales improve!” This whole printer-bricking thing seems to be getting out of hand with the news this week that a firmware update caused ce…
Microsoft: Recent Windows Updates Make USB Printers Print Random Text - Microsoft says that some USB printers will start printing random text after instal... - https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/03/13/1828215/microsoft-recent-windows-updates-make-usb-printers-print-random-text?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #printer
hardware.slashdot.orgMicrosoft: Recent Windows Updates Make USB Printers Print Random Text - SlashdotMicrosoft says that some USB printers will start printing random text after installing Windows updates released since late January 2025. From a report: The known issue affects Windows 10 (version 22H2) and Windows 11 (versions 22H2 and 23H2), but according to an update to the Windows release health ...
Firmware Update Bricks HP Printers, Makes Them Unable To Use HP Cartridges - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: HP, along with other printe... - https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/03/10/1923229/firmware-update-bricks-hp-printers-makes-them-unable-to-use-hp-cartridges?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #printer
hardware.slashdot.orgFirmware Update Bricks HP Printers, Makes Them Unable To Use HP Cartridges - SlashdotAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: HP, along with other printer brands, is infamous for issuing firmware updates that brick already-purchased printers that have tried to use third-party ink. In a new form of frustration, HP is now being accused of issuing a firmware update that b...