6 years later and you are still helping people with this video! I appreciate you.
@Lex_Hooper4 жыл бұрын
You saved me a ton of money in the long run because I never need to print in color. Thank you sir!
@nicolasomeara32245 жыл бұрын
Man, You are a frickin' genius. Thank you. You saved me a ton of time and hassle. There should be a law against these printer companies for crap like this - shutting down the complete use of your printer on purpose because one of the four ink cartridges is low. What a pile of horse sh*t. Thanks again.
@captainzib6 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. I'm mad that it's even required and that we can't just print b&w, but oh well.
@OneCheapEric6 жыл бұрын
Me too Captain. Me too. Thanks for watching! :)
@MomMyChickenTendees6 жыл бұрын
Having the color cartridges empty will damage the print heads eventually which is why it's designed not to work without them
@prangalanga5 жыл бұрын
@@MomMyChickenTendees Rubish
@deerofaberoth84475 жыл бұрын
10/10 agree. Only occurred to me to google a workaround after I went and bought more yellow ink that I don't intend on using anytime soon.
@Freakybananayo4 жыл бұрын
@@MomMyChickenTendees that's bs. They just want you to buy more cartridges
@danielwoolfe11356 жыл бұрын
It worked!! I just got a sharpie marker and coloured over a bit of clear sticky tape, then sealed it with some more tape - and totally fixed it. You sir are a gentleman and a scholar!
@OneCheapEric6 жыл бұрын
Daniel Woolfe Yaaasssss!
@bowtiebroker4 жыл бұрын
I wish I'd found this video 2 years ago, when my printer came screeching to a halt because - gasp - the yellow cartridge was out. No B&W printing capabilities; I couldn't even scan! Just tried this today and VIOLA, everything's back! One minor note: when I put the cartridges in after taping them and then plugged the printer in, it said it couldn't detect them. I took them back out, popped them back in, and all's perfect. BTW I'm working with a Brother MFC-J485DW. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
@danielnicklin7346 Жыл бұрын
Wow, this actually worked! My printer is a slightly different model so the clear plastic bit was at the top rather than the back, but still managed to let me print. Thanks!
@debbiecloos41453 жыл бұрын
AWESOME fix!!! thank you so much for posting this. i'm 65 and i can't believe your "fix" was so easy to follow and it worked!
@BycraftWelding7 жыл бұрын
You're the man. I owe you a beer! I was about to go all office space on it out in my driveway
@OneCheapEric7 жыл бұрын
BycraftWelding lol. if you went office space, I think I'd owe you a beer. Glad it helped hombre.
@JannellsLIFE2 жыл бұрын
6 years late but damn you saved me money.... I'v had this printer for many many years.. Thank you
@micropaceep77923 жыл бұрын
This is awesome. I even went further and just used a black whiteboard marker to colour the same part and I was able to print an important assignment for my daughter at 11:00 pm.
@petemacdonald27504 жыл бұрын
Dude.............thanks so much. I'm a project manager on a large construction project and couldn't print any permits (so no work) because I was out of yellow ink. Way out in the sticks, no malls, no shops.................But the guys are out working after I watched this. Cheers man!!!!!!
@OneCheapEric4 жыл бұрын
Wow! Awesome news Pete!
@nawwra68343 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH. i needed black and white for my school work but i didnt have yellow! i thought that i had to buy new ink ❤️❤️
@ads-xb7ce2 жыл бұрын
ISTG ITS ALWAYS YELLOW
@TheEarthangel14 жыл бұрын
I just forked out on two single colour Brother ink cartridges on Amazon. Did an ink test twice, went to print a document and a message came up to say colour ink was low! WTF!!! Checked the ink levels and almost had a melt down. How could that be when they’re brand new? So got on to KZbin and came across your video. Followed your instructions and IT WORKED not just in monochrome but in full colour too! Brilliant.... Thank you 🙏🏾
@tiffany648716 жыл бұрын
The only way I got my MFC-J475DW to accept the empty cartridge was by tilting the printer back before inserting the blacked out cartridge. It makes the little bit of ink left pour forward and I think that's why it only accepts it that way. Good luck. ***I'm posting this because Brother programs their printers to waste lots of ink cleaning and it costs us all way more money than it should!***
@OneCheapEric6 жыл бұрын
+mt6487 nice trick!
@kellymiller1205 жыл бұрын
That's what worked for me, too. Thanks for taking the time to post.
@idareilly1204 жыл бұрын
so true!
@banjocracy4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Just worked for me too.
@trailmomadventures Жыл бұрын
absolute genius. just tried it on my brother lc201 and it worked perfectly. You saved me an emergency trip to the store while I wait for my ink to be delivered from amazon. thank you!
@erichr15393 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Very helpful ! Every time I buy ink it’s used up in a few weeks from the “test” print that the printer automatically does all the time. Literally ALL the color ink is gone in weeks from this. Thanks !!
@lorimayberry35345 жыл бұрын
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! It worked on my MFC J4420DW! A brand new cartridge of the yellow ran out in one day - which was maddening enough, cuz.... why???? - after printing a few hundred black and white copies, so this was a lifesaver! I didn't even unplug it first. It just thought I inserted a new cartridge. Yay! God bless you!
@JohnCarter-le4qt5 жыл бұрын
I asked my 21 year old to troubleshoot this as she had some urgent B&W stuff to print. She didn't even try, just said buy the colour cartridges. I weep for the future. I found this video, me an old trucker and voila! Fork Brother!
@OneCheapEric5 жыл бұрын
Fork brother indeed!
@OneCheapEric5 жыл бұрын
Yay! That's awesome Lori!
@sarhajenn33518 жыл бұрын
OMG THANK YOU, YOU SAVED MY LIFE! I have an essay to give tomorrow morning at 8 am! Today I bought the black ink because there was no more left. I put it in the printer and the printer wrote "no magenta and cyan left". I was about to cry! Thank you for this video! You saved me!!! God bless you!! :D
@OneCheapEric8 жыл бұрын
You got this Sarha! Gonna nail that essay!
@michaelwilcox93182 жыл бұрын
Amazing. Also works on the MFC-J825DW. I have had this printer for a decade and always frustrating that you have to replace cartridges when there is clearly lots of ink left. FWIW - even though you select to print in "Black and white only", it does use all colours to provide a richer black colour vs only using black ink (printers & older drivers call it "cmyk" black - the initials of all ink colours). Regardless.. over 5 years later and per the comments you are still making many people happy with this hack. Brilliant and thanks for sharing!! p.s Electrical tape works perfectly.
@foxylovelace2679 Жыл бұрын
Was literally looking for this printer.
@boliston23546 жыл бұрын
Yes, you made my day! Companies are walking roughshod over us, chalk one up for the little guy!
@OneCheapEric6 жыл бұрын
Happy to help!
@JohnCarter-le4qt5 жыл бұрын
Worked like a charm on my MFC-J485DW, I used silver metallic tape and sploodged in the gaps with black magic marker. Reloaded the blacked out cartridges and plugged the printer back in, it asked me to do a few tasks and sent some data, then asked me if I had replaced the black, I lied and said yes, I had really only put the nearly full black cartridge back in. Also make sure you are set to grayscale before you do this. So happy I found this video. Subscribed.
@OneCheapEric5 жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard the CheapAssReviews express John :)
@dawnandrews28463 жыл бұрын
Entertaining video (even if it's not meant to be), and GREAT advice. Needed to print something urgently and, with your help, was able to do exactly that! Love your laid-back approach too. Was stressed out of my head ... until I sat and watched your video. "Thanks a million"
@SelectStart896 жыл бұрын
At first, I really thought this was an elaborate joke. Then I tried it on my MFC-J200 and it worked... thanks man! You're a life saver.
@OneCheapEric6 жыл бұрын
lorenz perez that'd be a pretty low! Glad to hear it worked!
@annaduski6036 жыл бұрын
THIS IS LIFE CHANGING THANKYOU
@OneCheapEric6 жыл бұрын
No prob Bob!
@grantgoodman1533 Жыл бұрын
You get my stud award for the week for posting this, Eric! Worked like a charm and I got to "stick it to the man" (Brother) as well!
@dsg27574 жыл бұрын
Perfect, thank you! Life changing! My Brother is a different model and worked as well. So happy!
@stef595 жыл бұрын
It worked! For reference I have a mfc-j8850w. There are directions on the brother site that indicate all it takes is pressing the 'x' button and going to gray scale, but it doesn't work. I used silver duct tape, which worked just fine. Thanks!
@OneCheapEric5 жыл бұрын
That's some of the best news I've heard all day.
@franciscasousa72845 жыл бұрын
Omg thank you so much!! this also works when it says that theres no more black ink. I tried it and it still comes out black text perfectly printed
@craftypup5084 жыл бұрын
Kika Sousa I was thinking there is usually plenty of colored ink left when it does this. So it pisses me off. I wonder if it would still print color with this. At least for a little while. My darling daughter printed herself some purple paper for Valentines Day and sucked up all of the magenta! The biggest cartridge they sell!
@joshuabarlow90484 жыл бұрын
@@craftypup508 I ended up printing a test page and all the colors came out fine so probably has some ink left below the window
@craftypup5084 жыл бұрын
Joshua Barlow We had an 8.5 x 11 photo in the queue and didn’t know it. It printed just fine even though the cartridges were “out.” 🙄 I have 2 brother printers. The other Inkvestment does not do this. So, I’m glad I found this video!
@BASShead7594 жыл бұрын
Worked on my MFC-J985DW using black electrical tape on the yellow cartridge. Thank you! My printer is no longer held hostage by the Brother Ink Barons and my XL black ink cartridge is useful again!
@helman-tov7 жыл бұрын
I can't believe it worked! Thank you!
@samtyler23656 жыл бұрын
It worked ! I have wasted so much money on color ink over the past 2 years when I only print black and white shipping labels!! Your video was conscise and to the point love it !
@OneCheapEric6 жыл бұрын
Yippie skippy!
@HankHill627 жыл бұрын
This worked for my MFC-J460DW Printer. Just in time in the nick of time before my rental book was due. THANKS MANG
@OneCheapEric7 жыл бұрын
+Hank Hill Glad to hear it! Say hi to Peggy for me!
@tamarasavic3942 Жыл бұрын
Lifesaver 7 years later!!! Thank you so much
@valkprince7 жыл бұрын
Thank you, This worked perfectly with blue electrical tape!!!
@OneCheapEric7 жыл бұрын
good to hear Val! everyone at Cheapassreviews wants you to know you're a prince!
@gardenofmail1354 Жыл бұрын
Helpful additions for the clumsy, like me: get vinyl gloves, tweezers, and put a paper towel on the table in case there is any leaked ink. Very thankful or these instrutions, Eric. This worked well on my Brother MFC-J435w
@Elizabeth-fg6we5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Eric!! I've been trying to figure this out for days, your awesome!! :)
@OneCheapEric5 жыл бұрын
Way to go Elizabeth!
@myronheckman79134 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video tip - a real help as Staples was out of the color cartridges (naturally!). This works for Brother MFC-J775DW. Put tape over slot on cartridge(s) printer says is low on ink. Brown tape worked for me. This model has a narrower slot for the tape than the one shown on the video. Also machine asked me to go through a couple of steps to test the cartridge, which I did, and voila, it printed in black and white.
@elenab34527 жыл бұрын
Great! Worked for me printer Brother MFC-6490CW, and I used Painters tape!:) Thanks!
@OneCheapEric7 жыл бұрын
Elena B Great news!
@joedejesus63637 жыл бұрын
I also tried the "Blue Painters Tape" and it didn't work for me ;-( But what did work was that "Black Electrical Tape. The Printer is not printing as fast as it did before, but it's printing now.
@We_Reddit7 жыл бұрын
Black electric tape is the way to go. Worked like a charm.
@joshuabarlow90484 жыл бұрын
@@joedejesus6363 had no trouble getting blue painters too work, I had done the tilting thing when replacing the cartridges as another poster suggested, not sure if it would work without tilt didn't try
@davecampbell28204 жыл бұрын
You’re a lifesaver Eric!! Especially for us overwhelmed parents who are suddenly running a homeschool while we shelter in place during C19, and can’t get our hands on a “non-essential” commodity like printer ink. Thanks!!
@OneCheapEric4 жыл бұрын
Happy it helped!
@joedejesus63637 жыл бұрын
Great Video and Tutorial Thanks. This really, really worked for me. I'm glad I found your channel. Thanks a million times, it truly was a life saver and a Stressful Relief for me, trying to get these important documents I time for some very important people.
@OneCheapEric7 жыл бұрын
+Joe De Jesus no problem Joe. Best of luck with those VIPs
@mzazai15172 жыл бұрын
I have tried this on my brother printer which is only 3 years old and it worked like a magic. Thank you 🙏
@AnomadAlaska6 жыл бұрын
Brother printers... Should be "Oh Brother"
@OneCheapEric6 жыл бұрын
Haha or "why bother!":)
@JeenieJolie5 жыл бұрын
My Brother printer is 9 yrs old... I think is pretty good
@tandyg33292 жыл бұрын
You are still helping in 2022. Appreciate your help. Cheers
@xoxotyshka7777Ай бұрын
And in September 2024!!!
@xoxotyshka7777Ай бұрын
It worked on my brother printer dcp-j1050dw the little window stays on top and I used black electrical tape to cover it and IT WORKS!!!! THANK YOU MILLION TIMES!!! 😊
@daynascalone79375 жыл бұрын
Omg my god THANK YOU!!!!!!!! I could literally cry right now. I’m snowed in with three very wild children who I promised a fun fishing word game but I was out of yellow. I’m only printing black and white but oooooofffff course it’s not working. Hours of cursing and crying, I gave up and just turned the tv back on. Hours later I decided to google, found this, and OMG it works!!!!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍 I have an mic-j870dw. Thank you times a million! Freaking genius! You have a fan for life.
@OneCheapEric5 жыл бұрын
No Dayna. Thank you!
@uzicohen25339 ай бұрын
Awesome video! How about going to the next level? Cartridge not detected. Suddenly! worked yesterday, now it doesn't. PLEASE HELP.
@sophie-l-w6 ай бұрын
Genius! It worked like a charm! I ran out of the colour cartridges and just wanted to print black and white on the MFC-J4510DW, thank you!!
@lovinglife89886 жыл бұрын
Worked like a charm. I dont know why Brother chose such an insane solution that I need all colors to print in black. I had many printers, never have I experienced such stupidity.
@OneCheapEric6 жыл бұрын
I don't like when companies try to make me do things I don't wanna do.
@griff75332 жыл бұрын
Works 6 years later on my MFC-J880DW! Thanks man!
@LeeRichmond222 жыл бұрын
You are the last dragon! Saved us big time. We're at work late trying to get something printed and didn't want to have to run to wally world.
@luckyduckydrivingschool361510 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! This works on other Brother models, too. Sometime you need to push a piece back on the ink cartridge to reveal the "window", but the concept is the same. Dear Brother - I am never buying another Color ink cartridge from you ever again!
@ryanholden59606 жыл бұрын
Works perfect!!! Thanks man. Instead of using tape, i coloured in the window with a black permanent marker and it worked. I've got brother MFC J432W Saved me going postal. Its printing in "empty" colour fine, finally a way to use all cartridges until they are REALLY empty :)
@OneCheapEric6 жыл бұрын
Horray!
@OneScalpel5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! It didn't work with yellow, so I took a tube of my wife's yellow oil paint and covered one side of the window with that, and now it works. Only one side of the window needs to be taped. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!
@OneCheapEric5 жыл бұрын
You the man Ron!
@barrynewman1445 жыл бұрын
Worked a treat on my Brother MFC-J4625DW. Was about to spend £45 on a new load of ink! Annoying as well as still quite a bit of ink in the cartridges! Will bleed them dry before I shell out for new ones! Top Tip, cheers mate!
@OneCheapEric5 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it!
@tekomuir17123 жыл бұрын
Omg I was going nuts trying to print something due tomorrow, with out the color ink. I have a newer model than yours but this worked!! Thank you for sharing this with us. Saved me over 200 dollars as I had to have something post marked by tomorrow and no way to print out the label for the return!
@KitahKat2 жыл бұрын
YOU ARE A HERO! Thank you! MFC J44DW Printer for me and it STILL WORKED! I didnt have dark tape, so I colored a piece of masking tape with black sharpie and MAGIC!
@David-du7gp3 жыл бұрын
Dude you are the man, i wish more videos were like this one. Awesome job. Most videos, they spend up to two minutes talking about themselves. You were right to the point, and told us how to fix this problem. You are awesome Bro.
@Beautiful9Nightmare4 жыл бұрын
Sir, you are a FRIGGIN genius!! It worked flawlessly 😂
@davidrothschild50994 жыл бұрын
Thanks for reminding us of this hack. We've done it before but couldn't remember what we did. Now printing B&W only until our color cartridges are delivered. Happy holidays -- we appreciate your sharing.
@OneCheapEric4 жыл бұрын
No problemo dude. Thanks for watching my video!
@1209serina6 жыл бұрын
Thank you ... I just need my printer for scanning for the moment... but that error wouldn't go away. You are my hero
@OneCheapEric6 жыл бұрын
You're a DIY hero!
@svieni76 жыл бұрын
AWESOME MAN! For some stupid reason eventhough I had it set to print only black and white colors would eventually go out and prevent me from printing this was an amazing hack!
@OneCheapEric6 жыл бұрын
Hack-o-licious!
@uskv11 ай бұрын
That was brilliant! Had many black cartridges that I could not use. It worked so well...saving time, money and hassle
@mattferdinand2745 жыл бұрын
Can verify this worked today on my MFC-J480DW. Brilliant!
@OneCheapEric5 жыл бұрын
Yaaaaay!
@keianareid-maynard41236 жыл бұрын
IT WORKED!!!! didn't have black tape but I had green tape and just used a black sharpie to shade it in. Thank you so much!!!!! couldv'e been saving money all these years if I knew lol
@OneCheapEric6 жыл бұрын
Rock on!!!
@sarahanan70154 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I hate how "smart" my printer is, good to know I can outsmart it!
@truth_or_zero2 жыл бұрын
Great video. I have a DCP-J7850W and the Cyan was low causing it to stop printing. Black tape didn't work. I used white masking tape and spilled some blue dye that was left in the cartridge on it to make it blue. Then I stuck it on. The printer asked if I put in a new Cyan and I said "YES" Hey presto - back to printing black and white! Yesss!
@kevster11725 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Works on my Brother MFC-J680DW. I used electrical tape since light can't go through (thats how i think it detects if there is ink) and it doesn't leave a sticky residue when I need to refill that specific colour! Thanks Again!
@petemcgowan50667 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this! used a post it note and it worked like a charm for Brother MFC-J485DW. Outrageous how they hobble their own products' functionality just to trick people into buying unnecessary colour ink. Power to the people!
@OneCheapEric7 жыл бұрын
+Pete McGowan Post it notes to the people!
@wendyconarro79646 жыл бұрын
Worked on MFC-J885DW!!! OMG, after months of getting 100 pages out of my black cartridge before it wouldn't print, THANKS!!!
@OneCheapEric6 жыл бұрын
Wendy Conarro You win Wendy. They lose.
@majidnael12225 жыл бұрын
It Worked on my MFC-J4710DW, WOOOOOOW, I have been so Mad that I had to buy all these color cartages so I can print in B & W . Such a Scam. Thanks Again man, You Saved me A lot of Money. I wish I knew this 6 years ago.
@OneCheapEric5 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it Majid!
@marisajacobs25305 жыл бұрын
I have a Brother MFC J-200 and your advice worked. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! Saved me a ton of frustration now. Thankful for people like you!!!!
@aliciavisagie18263 жыл бұрын
This is awesome! Saved me having to drive across town to the only place that sells ink for my bloody printer.
@tyraelhermosa2 жыл бұрын
Dude, THANK YOU. You saved my ass. Damn cartridges always run out at the most inopportune times...
@babawawa1005 жыл бұрын
We used duct tape and a sharpie on Brother MFC-J6925DW for and empty cyan cartridge and it worked! Thanks so much!
@chrisreed30255 жыл бұрын
Another thanks for the video. Mad that it's required just to print in black - but thanks for making it easy!
@OneCheapEric5 жыл бұрын
Anytime Chris. Anytime.
@neal12able7 жыл бұрын
Jonah Hill! Thanks man for helping me fix my printer. Btw, War Dogs was one of your best perfomances yet! Keep up the great work!
@OneCheapEric7 жыл бұрын
+neal valdez thanks! I'll tell Emma Stone you said what is up.
@drusiea.6399 Жыл бұрын
You are wonderful! Direct and to the point and it works. I do like my printer but the ink biz is really frustrating. I don't print in color, so this is perfect. Much thanks.
@playinthroulife4 жыл бұрын
Brother dcp-j105 WORKS! Man I don't know how to say thank you.. thank you ? :-) For last month whenever I was turning on my PC I've got notification to cancel, like even 3x in one sitting that colours are out of ink... for the love of god... Why haven't I simply bought new ones ?.. oh that's complicated :-) Thank you once again.. seriously.. thanks. oh and that 500,000,000 likes ? Hahah You made my day :-D
@gabewilson6 жыл бұрын
Well done man! I didn't expect much when I gave it a shot but now I'm printing with black ink again. Thanks for the awesome hack.
@OneCheapEric6 жыл бұрын
You da man Gabe!!!
@rxcardito22994 жыл бұрын
Thanks. It actually works. This could have saved me so many headaches and runs to the stores.
@OneCheapEric4 жыл бұрын
Stay safe.
@louisejones71672 жыл бұрын
Fantastic thank you! Desperately needed a print out saw the no yellow ink and was ready to chuck the printer out the window! Tape trick worked 👍🏼
@cangri17886 жыл бұрын
It worked!! Didn't have tape but used some folder labels I had. I was wondering if I had to go buy the other inks. You saved me $$.
@OneCheapEric6 жыл бұрын
yaaaaaaaaaaay!
@bisdale2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow this actually worked you bloody legend. Needed to print a birthday card and Cyan was out. Thank you sir!
@gabrielcaron34133 жыл бұрын
This worked! I can't belive I only came across this trick years after purchassing my printer! I event printed using the "empty" color!
@Taisolicon6 жыл бұрын
OMG it worked! I cant believe I saved some money. I didnt have tape so I painted the area with black sharpie! Sending a virtual beer your way! cheers!
@OneCheapEric6 жыл бұрын
Drinking the virtual beer now
@LauraAnne955 жыл бұрын
THANKYOU. This saved me like $80 by not having to run out and buy all the colours just to print my work in black. I’m so confused why the printer even uses up coloured ink when printing black stuff?? I’ve been slowly watching the coloured ink go down, and I never print in color. WTF. I have Brother J6510DW and this hack worked no problem🙌
@OneCheapEric5 жыл бұрын
They say it's for richer deeper blacks. I think it's just to sell more ink.
@chelynbriand4 жыл бұрын
No way! I thought I was being punked....it really works. Midnight and I need to print now. Thanks!
@DoubleDeeYT4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this. I have exact model. Full black but some of the colors were out and it refused to print. I just need to print out stuff for summer classes. This saved me
@OneCheapEric4 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it DD!
@hixlax57646 жыл бұрын
Thanks for you video, It worked for me on my printer MFC-J6920DW by using a painter tape as well, You've just saved me £60 and I thank you for that, the funny thing is that I still have plenty of black and white inc but somehow i run out of color inc very quick even though I don't use it that Much and I do most my printing with black and white, I believe they make it run out quick by sending us update, on top of this you must buy the inc from BROTHER Manufacturer as well for 60 pound that's a big rip off, they sell a useful printer which is mostly made of cheap plastic for a descent price but then they make sure they suck as much money as they can from you and that's cheap man, that's the future unfortunately, but lucky we have people like you who always find a way and share with others, thank you once again and GOD bless you.
@OneCheapEric6 жыл бұрын
Long live the hackers!
@TheTurlinator2 жыл бұрын
Never thought of that. I'm gonna try it.....And it worked perfectly now I can use my printer again without having to buy color ink every time it over uses/uses up one color. Thank you for the help. Much obliged.
@constantdarkfog493 жыл бұрын
Eric, Thank you, thank you, thank you, your careful directions WORKED great, I can now just print B&W , even if the colors are low. I feel like I finally got a heads up on the evil buy more ink scheme. Good Job.
@yehoshualevine3 жыл бұрын
You saved the day! I was able to print my child's homework, thank G-d. (Model MFC-J450DW) Thank you, Eric!
@cesarcuevas114 жыл бұрын
Have I told you lately that I LOVE YOU!!! LOL....this is EXACTLY what I have been looking for as I can't stand when companies try to make you spend money when you really don't need to! Thanks Bro!!! TRULY APPRECIATE IT!!!
@OneCheapEric4 жыл бұрын
I love you too Cesar.
@jessejones94934 жыл бұрын
I can't believe it was that easy. such a good way to save money.
@OneCheapEric4 жыл бұрын
True and true.
@Superhoou6 жыл бұрын
Superb bro! It's more fun to hack than buying all the cartridges!
@OneCheapEric6 жыл бұрын
Totally agree!
@Garmoe Жыл бұрын
This is by far the funniest "How To" video I've ever watched. Unfortunately, it did not work for MFC-J895 DW. 😀😄
@galleta_2024 Жыл бұрын
Dear One Cheap Eric. I didn't have black electric tape so I tried using black marker to mimic what you did. Didn't work. Boo to me. But thanks for doing this video as all the peeps below are as fed up with this ink cartridge sham. I don't need or use color but held hostage. Other than that this very old brother MFC J825DW has been a gem for home use.
@Andrea-bh7nt5 жыл бұрын
OMG! Ran out of yellow ink while trying to print a shipping label. Was SO pissed! Jumped on Amazon and laid out $40 for a three pack of high yield color ink. Then on a whim, decided to check if there was some back door approach to printing without the color cartridges. Came across your video and immediately thought, "Yeah right! No way in hell that actually works." Saw one of the commenters used a black Sharpie so I tried that first. Fail. You KNOW I was thinking that it was all fake just to get followers, right? Then I tried black electrical tape and DAMN IF IT DIDN'T WORK! We're going to keep some color ink on hand, just in case Brother gets hip to this fix and changes something in a firmware update. Given your video is more than three years old though I think we just saved an ass ton of money. I have a MFC-J835DW by the way. Thanks for the video! No more having to waste color ink printing coupons from my phone. Those apps bypass all CUPS settings so there's no way to print in anything but color. But now there is! I'm so excited! Thanks again!
@OneCheapEric5 жыл бұрын
Proud of you Andrea! You did it!
@willpatton8 ай бұрын
I like what you printed. So true. They will never get another penny from me.