[Brian] really liked his Samsung color laser printer right up until it was time to replace the toner cartridges. A full set of toner cartridges sell for about the same price as the printer itself, so [Brian] figured he could simply refill the toner in the cartridges he already has. The printer sends out the ‘low toner’ warning based on page count and won’t print if the page count is too high, negating the economy of a toner refill kit. Luckily, [Brian] figured out a dead simple way to reset the page count so he can use those third-party refill kits.
All the configuration settings and page counts for the printer are stored on an I2C EEPROM. After dumping the data held on this EEPROM with an Arduino and sniffing everything going into the EEPROM with a Bus Pirate, [Brian] was nearly at his wit’s end. Thankfully, serendipity intervened. When [Brian] restarted the printer with the Bus Pirate attached, he noticed it took much longer to initialize. Printing a configuration report, he was trilled to see that all page counts have been zeroed.
The final hack that allows [Brian] to reset the page count and used refilled toner cartridges is a simple wire that ties the SDA line of the EEPROM to ground on boot. [Brian] used a momentary switch, but given this is a once-every-few-months operation, a simple wire would suffice. Check out [Brian]’s page reset demo after the break.
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Does this technic work on samsung sl-c410w ?
How can I make my Samsung SCX-483x 5x3x Series toner last more than 1 month xD?
There is any fix for this? so the toner won’t ran out?
How about Samsung 2164?? I need to reset mine. pls help if you can
anybody.. can help me… i need firmware fix reset software for printer samsung m2020w, thx
anybody can help me.. to reset samsung M2020w ?? I am so confused…to reset it
Hi all, does it work on CLP 360???
Love this hack, I installed a tac switch to reset whenever I wanted too :)
OK, now after many years of great service my printer has issues, thinking of getting the clp-415 or the 680, I know both can be refilled easily, but can they be reset in a similar way ?
TIA.
Does it work on a C460W, in networked mode?
I noticed that xpress c467w has 2 eeprom.not sure which one to ground
Sorry for us CLP 325 owners, it does not work. I tried with different processes but either it prints blank page or it returns to the initial state which is same before doing the hack… Time wasted; experience gained. Result = this comment.
i would like to know if this fix work on Samsung SL-M2060NW Printer