WHY Firmware updates?
"If you're printer is working fine, WHY would you want or need a firmware update?"
There are actually several reasons that are legitimate and some that are not.
Legitimate:
Bugs that may cause long term problems, e.g. running fuser too hot.
Bugs such as errors in the cartridge algorithm that may cause premature end of life reports.
Bugs in protocols such as SNMP V3 and web interfaces causing security issues
Bugs generally in SNMP affecting the management information blocks.
Bugs in the various emulators such as PostScript.
Improvements to emulators such as additional faces, speed improvements.
I'm sure there are more but this is just from memory and can't be bothered to use google.
Illegitimate
Ask HP and Lexmark.
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