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‎10-28-2022 07:54 PM

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Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Where do I get the downgrade firmware 20200612? I got a 404 error when trying to get to the download.

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‎10-28-2022 08:41 PM

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Which printer? And where did you get the link.  Depending on the printer, firmware 2 years old has likely been replaced and if you found a link online it is likely no longer active.

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‎10-29-2022 05:33 PM

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Which printer? 281 LaserJet

And where did you get the link? Here at HP by following the link provided when looking for 20200612 - this site threw a 404 Error.

In looking at the current driver (updates turned on in the printer), it looks like it had a date code of 10/10/2022 and screwed up my printer. Now it is in a 79 Error loop I can't get out of. Printer is unusable.

 

I'd like to roll back to an earlier firmware version.

 

The solutions found were to power-cycle (no joy), flush pending print jobs suspecting a corrupted PDF job (no joy) and then roll back to a known "good" firmware release like 20200612 (no joy since I can't find a roll-back download and a method to acquire and install it).

 

Where and how can I roll back the firmware?

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