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Comment by thedougd

3 years ago

My pretty old DCP-L2540DW has a new firmware update:

06/16/2022 Main: V / Sub: 1.06 Improvement to help with the performance of the machine.

I think I'll pass.

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DrudgeCorporate  3 years ago

Wouldn't they have had to put the chip in the printers years ago prepping for this? A firmware update isn't going to necessarily enable this 'feature'.

  • thedougd  3 years ago

    I thought about that after posting. I once had a week where I fiddled with the printer constantly after changing the toner, trying to get it to stop reporting it as empty. So who knows, maybe there's something to it. However, looking at the toner cartridge, I don't really see how they could do this.

    It's also possible they have a unified firmware and this 'feature' doesn't impact my model.

  • HelloNurse  3 years ago

    The printer is probably programmable enough to implement any behaviour with a handful of code in the firmware; the maker doesn't need a specific "chip in the printers", just the capability to read data from ink cartridges (some wires and ports) and the trivial capability to not print or degrade quality.