Canon

Canon Inc. embeds DRM chips in ink cartridges to block third-party & refilled cartridges, disables scanning on all-in-one printers when ink runs low, & charges $4.99/month for 1080p webcam output…

Canon Camera Connect is a mobile app for iOS and Android that connects to Bluetooth- and Wi-Fi-equipped Canon cameras to enable remote shooting, geotagging, and media transfer to smartphones. Since…

During the global semiconductor shortage, Canon shipped toner cartridges for its business multifunction printers without DRM authentication chips and published support pages instructing customers to…

Canon legacy scanner driver abandonment is Canon's practice of classifying functional scanners & multifunction printers as "retired" and stopping all driver development, which prevents the hardware…

Canon printers disable scanning when ink is low documents Canon's practice of forcing all-in-one PIXMA printers into a hard error state when ink cartridges are low or empty, blocking the scanner &…

Canon's EOS Webcam Utility Pro charges $4.99 per month or $49.99 per year to unlock features like 1080p output, wireless connectivity & software-based camera controls, while the free tier is…

A Waste Ink Counter (WIC) is a firmware-based lockout that causes printers to cease to function when a counter has been incremented above a certain value.