Canon has become an unusual victim of the global semiconductor shortage, as its printer cartridges are not shipping with chips to confirm they contain genuine ink from the company. The global ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Ink-cartridge chips in Canon products serve several purposes. These uses include preventing the installation of third-party ink cartridges in Canon printers, and ...

Canon is reporting that it has been forced to ship toner cartridges without chips that identify toner levels, leading to error messages when the cartridges are ...

An unexpected side effect of the global semiconductor shortage came to light this week — Japanese printer manufacturer Canon announced they are temporarily going to provide consumable ink and toner ...