Printer makers have long used chips to thwart third-party ink cartridge sales and drive you toward their own products, but they're now feeling the sting of those restrictions. The Register and USA ...

The global semiconductor shortage has disrupted production across the board. Although one would expect the impact of this short supply of chips to be limited to only consumer electronics, the crisis ...

Canon Helps Customers Break Toner Cartridge Restrictions Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow. The ongoing shortage means Canon can't find the chips used to distinguish Canon-produced cartridges from ...

Your Canon fax/copy machine uses a powdered substance called toner to print text and images to a sheet of paper when you receive an incoming fax or copy a document. When the toner runs low you'll ...

A hot potato: Printer manufacturers go to great (oftentimes irritating) lengths to ensure hardware DRM policies that can result in heavy expenditure when it comes to replacing a toner cartridge or ...

For years, printers have been encumbered with digital rights management systems that prevent users from buying third-party ink and toner cartridges. Printer companies have claimed that their ...

It may be small, but having a printer at home makes life so much easier. From shipping labels to recipes and receipts, there are so many little reasons to have one at home. However, they require ...

As a result of the ongoing global chip shortage, Canon is scrambling to appease a wave of furious customers after its own ink cartridges are malfunctioning to be read as fake. A widespread outcry has ...

Changing ink cartridges is a routine part of printer maintenance, and you may find that you need to do so frequently if the Canon printer in your office sees regular ...

It is no longer news that the semiconductor industry is facing more demands than it can meet leaving several backlogs in orders. This has led to a global chip shortage forcing companies who rely on ...

Those of you using Canon printers might be interested in a useful hack that allows you to reset your print cartridges, enabling you to use every drop of ink. Printer cartridges are expensive to renew ...