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Not sure if it was a time bomb, but HP does have an "auto update" feature that could seem like a time bomb. We got nailed by this with our HP 8610. Were using
by josefresco 10y ago
Not sure if it was a time bomb, but HP does have an "auto update" feature that could seem like a time bomb.
We got nailed by this with our HP 8610. Were using 3rd party cartridges with much success for months. Last week my wife had a huge (for us) print job and encountered an annoying bug (prints blank sheets every other print). Updated the firmware hoping it would fix the problem. Next thing we know, cartridge error.
Spent 3-4 hours researching how to downgrade firmware with no luck.
No mentioned of new Sept 13 firmware on any HP driver website that I found.
3rd party is shipping us new cartridges for free, but it will be 2 weeks. Had to buy another printer.
Die in a fire HP.
- 83457 10y agoAre you printing in color?
- josefresco 10y agoYes.
- userbinator 10y agoThe fact that a printer even needs "firmware upgrades" should be a big turn-off, because inkjets have been around for decades; they're not a bleeding-edge technology with many unknowns, they're relatively mature and essentially all bugs should've been found and fixed long ago. From what I understand, most inkjets are pretty dumb devices in that they just accept raster graphics and spray the pixels onto the page. A lot of them can't even do ASCII/text-mode anymore. Maybe they're now deliberately leaving bugs in so they can ostensibly "fix" them while also doing anti-user things like cartridge blacklisting...
- qilo 10y agoThere is a firmware upgrade for this model on HP site: version R1547A from Mar 22, 2016. There wasn't new firmware releases on September 13, it's the date hardcoded into previously released firmwares as the date when to activate this "feature".