<story><title>How to revert HP printer’s ban on 3rd-party ink cartridges</title><url>https://kevin.deldycke.com/2020/11/revert-hp-printer-ban-on-third-party-ink-cartridges/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>numpad0</author><text>How do I use a printer without an Internet connected computer either connected to or integrated into it?</text></item><item><author>bonoboTP</author><text>Mine doesn&amp;#x27;t have the allow downgrades option I think. But this worked for me:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &amp;quot;Unplug printer’s power cord from the back of the printer&lt;p&gt;Press and HOLD the power button&lt;p&gt;Plug power cord back in (keep holding power button)&lt;p&gt;The HP logo will appear then the screen will go blank&lt;p&gt;Hold power button for 10 seconds and then release it&lt;p&gt;Press HOME BUTTON ONCE (top left)&lt;p&gt;Press RETURN&amp;#x2F;BACK ARROW ONCE (bottom left)&lt;p&gt;Press HOME BUTTON TWICE&lt;p&gt;That should bring up the control screen&lt;p&gt;NOTE: On my printer I couldn’t see the home or back buttons lit up but if you press to the left of the display area the buttons still work.&lt;p&gt;Press MFG (Top Left)&lt;p&gt;Press NEXT (Top Right)&lt;p&gt;The screen idled with some weird looking grid design and status bar so I pressed the Power button and it went to the main printer screen on the display.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;borncity.com&amp;#x2F;win&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;19&amp;#x2F;blocks-hp-firmware-update-third-party-ink-catriges-again&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;borncity.com&amp;#x2F;win&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;19&amp;#x2F;blocks-hp-firmware-updat...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;And for the love of God don&amp;#x27;t let your printer out to the Internet any more, they may push a malicious update and disable this workaround in the future (or might have done it already in newer firmware?).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zaarn</author><text>My Laserprinter is connected via USB to my NAS. CUPS offers all the shenanigans, so it&amp;#x27;s autodetected by iDevices, Android, Windows and Mac on the network. Linux users usually figure it out within 30 minutes.</text></comment>
<story><title>How to revert HP printer’s ban on 3rd-party ink cartridges</title><url>https://kevin.deldycke.com/2020/11/revert-hp-printer-ban-on-third-party-ink-cartridges/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>numpad0</author><text>How do I use a printer without an Internet connected computer either connected to or integrated into it?</text></item><item><author>bonoboTP</author><text>Mine doesn&amp;#x27;t have the allow downgrades option I think. But this worked for me:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &amp;quot;Unplug printer’s power cord from the back of the printer&lt;p&gt;Press and HOLD the power button&lt;p&gt;Plug power cord back in (keep holding power button)&lt;p&gt;The HP logo will appear then the screen will go blank&lt;p&gt;Hold power button for 10 seconds and then release it&lt;p&gt;Press HOME BUTTON ONCE (top left)&lt;p&gt;Press RETURN&amp;#x2F;BACK ARROW ONCE (bottom left)&lt;p&gt;Press HOME BUTTON TWICE&lt;p&gt;That should bring up the control screen&lt;p&gt;NOTE: On my printer I couldn’t see the home or back buttons lit up but if you press to the left of the display area the buttons still work.&lt;p&gt;Press MFG (Top Left)&lt;p&gt;Press NEXT (Top Right)&lt;p&gt;The screen idled with some weird looking grid design and status bar so I pressed the Power button and it went to the main printer screen on the display.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;borncity.com&amp;#x2F;win&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;19&amp;#x2F;blocks-hp-firmware-update-third-party-ink-catriges-again&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;borncity.com&amp;#x2F;win&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;19&amp;#x2F;blocks-hp-firmware-updat...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;And for the love of God don&amp;#x27;t let your printer out to the Internet any more, they may push a malicious update and disable this workaround in the future (or might have done it already in newer firmware?).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rietta</author><text>Usb. If you want, set up a raspberry pi as a cups print server.</text></comment>