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Disable Auto Upgrade of the firmware with HP printer

Thanks for purchase Tonerink brand compatible HP ink cartridge / toner cartridges from us.

 

Tonerink brand compatible ink / toner cartridge produce premium print quality and help customers to save cost.

 

The genuine cartridges are so expensive, like extortion!   Printer companies are selling printers at next to cost price, expecting you to buy their cartridges for outrageous prices.  A set of genuine extra-large cartridges sometimes costs more than a printer.    

 

To prevent customers use premium compatible cartridge, HP deliberately upgrade the firmware to prevent third-party cartridge working.   Although the behavior was illegal and was fined by the court, HP continues to protect their margin.   Please google HP lawsuit and you can find that HP was forced to pay the fine or pay extra cost to settle for this behavior in U.S.A, Canada, British, Europe.   For example:

 

 

https://borncity.com/win/2021/03/22/class-action-lawsuit-against-hp-over-blocked-cartridges/

 

https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/consumer-products/electronics/hps-software-update-made-printers-incompatible-with-other-ink-cartridges-class-action-alleges/

 

https://www.classlawgroup.com/hp-ink-cartridge-lawsuit/

https://www.lexgroup.ca/classaction/hp-officejet-printers-dynamic-security-non-hp-ink-cartridges-canadian-class-action-settlement/

 

 

Frankly speaking, upgrade the firmware does not give customs any benefit.   The only reason HP upgrade the firmware frequently is to prevent high-quality third-party cartridges.

 

However, HP upgrades the printer through WIFI or network automatically (without the customers permission) if the customer does not turn off Auto Upgrade.   HP does not give the customer to downgrade the firmware to use the third-party cartridges again.

 

When the printer firmware is (auto) upgraded, the choices for the customer is only to buy new cartridges or wait for new version smart chip.

 

Tonerink does the best to help the customer to avoid the trouble.  But it takes times for the LAB to develop the new version smart chip for the new firmware and it takes time for shipped the new version smart chip from the LAB to New Zealand.   Besides, there is extra cost for the postage when the customer returns the cartridge to us for change the smart chip and for us to ship the cartridges to you.   There is also extra material cost and labor cost for replacing the new version smart chip.

 

The best way to prevent all these troubles and risks is Disable the Auto upgrade for your printer immediately after you receive this email.

 

It is easy to Disable the Auto upgrade for your printer.   Please see the attached guide or watch the video as the following:

 Disable Auto Upgrade of the firmware with HP printer

 

 

The hard copy of the email has been sent to you in the parcel of your cartridge.   Please read it carefully and Turn Off the auto upgrade immediately!

 

Disable Auto Upgrade of the firmware with HP printer



Please be kindly noticed that if the printer does not disable the auto upgrade, then the cartridge supplied by us was rejected by the printer, it is not cover by the cartridge warranty.  (In U.S.A or Canada or Europe, customers sue HP to cover the loss)  


Disable Auto Upgrade of the firmware with HP printer