Huh? This isn’t something I’ve ever heard of from Apple’s distribution of printer drivers. Neither of the Brother printers I’ve used since this system was put in place (Snow Leopard, widely regarded as the high water mark for macOS quality) have required or requested network access other than for availability. Are you talking about something specific that’s well documented or just being paranoid and sharing careless inference?
I was talking about the printers themselves. Back then you just worried about the drivers on your computer, now you have to keep in mind that your printer needs to update its firmware on its own.
