Chipjet Reveals 4 Ways to Solve HP Firmware Updates

Chipjet Reveals 4 Ways to Solve HP Firmware Updates

HP’s successive firmware updates in 2020 have stirred up complaints and angered HP’s customers and trade associations.

To solve problems caused by the firmware updates, China-based Chipjet worked out four practical solutions for users to manually turn off firmware updates so that they would not be locked out from using their choice of printer cartridges.

The company has released four videos in Chinese, which have been easily translated as follows:

1. Solution 1: Via HP Smart software (Video 1)
   1. Search HP Smart App from applications, download and install it;
   2. Turn on the printer wireless network function;
   3. Find the wireless network via smartphone wifi and type in passwords to connect;
   4. Open HP Smart App, click the printer ink volume icon;
   5. Go to the setting button from the Advanced Settings;
   6. Select “Security” from the drop-down menu and click “Administrator Settings”;
   7. Find the “Printer Update” option and uncheck the “All Firmware Updates” option to turn off the automatic printer upgrade function.
2. Solution 2: Via IP address settings (Video 2)
   1. After the printer is connected to the network, click the “Network” option on the page to view the printer’s IP address;
   2. Enter the printer IP address on the computer browser page;
   3. Go to the “Settings” page in the menu and click on the “Security” option;
   4. Find “Administrator Settings” and open;
   5. Swipe to the bottom of the page to find “Printer Update” and uncheck it to turn off the automatic printer upgrade function
3. Solution 3: Via the printer’s service mode (Video 3)
   1. On the printer operation panel, click the “back button” 4 times to enter the “support Menu”;
   2. After finding the “on/off” menu on the page, press OK to enter;
   3. Find “Firmware Update” and click on the up and down buttons to turn off the automatic printer upgrade function;
   4. The screen displays “Firmware Update Disabled. Press OK to enable it.”
4. Solution 4: Via the printer’s setting pattern (Video 4)
   1. Find the printer “Settings” button, scroll down the page to the “Printer Maintenance” option and click to enter;
   2. Find the “Update Printer” button;
   3. Select “Printer update option automatic update installation (recommended)” tick the Do not check for updates option;
   4. Select “No” in the pop-up page to turn off the push function of the printer “automatic firmware update”.

Some extra tips:

1. Before turning off the automatic update of the printer firmware, run a print test through the computer to confirm that the computer can print;
2. In the process of turning off the firmware update, the printer power cannot be turned off, so ensure that the power is stable;
3. In the process of turning off the firmware update, the printer cannot be used for printing, copying, scanning, and faxing operations;
4. When turning off the firmware update process, do not disconnect the USB cable to ensure that the firmware update utility is running normally.

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