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Microsoft on new Universal Print features

Posted on 2025-08-16 by guenni

[German]Microsoft announces Universal Print Anywhere A quick update from this week. Microsoft has announced that Universal Print Anywhere is now generally available. With this new feature, users can print securely from any location and retrieve their documents from any printer … Continue reading →

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Vulnerabilities in around 750 printer models have been exploited since July 2025

Posted on 2025-07-25 by guenni

[German]In June 2025, it became known that there are vulnerabilities in the firmware of almost 700 printer models from Brother and other manufacturers. There are now reports that attackers are using these vulnerabilities to attack printers that have not been … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 24H2: Microsoft Print to PDF is missing in fresh installs

Posted on 2025-07-02 by guenni

[German]There are reports that after a fresh installation of Windows 11 24H2, the printer entry "Microsoft Print to PDF" is missing and cannot be used. The required printer driver files seems to be missing. Has Microsoft made a mistake when creating … Continue reading →

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Vulnerabilities in 689 Brother and other printer models (June 2025)

Posted on 2025-06-27 by guenni

[German]Security researchers from Rapid 7 have looked closer at various multi feature printers for vulnerabilities. They found them in the firmware of 689 Brother printer models. However, some printers from other manufacturers are also vulnerable. Advertising

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Windows: Issues with Zebra label printer (May 2025)

Posted on 2025-05-14 by guenni

[German]A quick question for the blog readers who administer Zebra label printers. Have there been problems with the output under Windows for a few days? A blog reader who works as an IT supporter contacted me by e-mail on May … Continue reading →

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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HP OfficeJet Pro 9010: Does firmware update block third-party ink? (Feb. 2025)

Posted on 2025-03-30 by guenni

[German]In February 2025, HP apparently released a new firmware update for its HP OfficeJet Pro 9010 printers. I have received a report that this will block third-party ink again. Below is some information and possibly a note on downgrading the … Continue reading →

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HP firmware update makes laser printer unusable (Error 11)

Posted on 2025-03-13 by guenni

[German]Next case of "HP rolls out a firmware update for printers and breaks them". The manufacturer HP has released a firmware update for printers which is intended to correct a number of errors. Shortly after the release, numerous users reported … Continue reading →

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Windows 10/11: USB printers print random texts after January 2025 update

Posted on 2025-03-12 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has disclosed a new problem that affects both Windows 10 and Windows 11 and is caused for the first time by the January 2025 preview update. Some USB printers may then "possibly" print random text. The problem has already … Continue reading →

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Confusion over Brother firmware updates; it's about third-party toner/ink

Posted on 2025-03-08 by guenni

[German]There have been reports recently that users are collecting old Brother firmware versions. The reason: there are fears that new firmware updates will block the use of third-party toner or ink. Brother has now denied that firmware updates impose such … Continue reading →

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HP Universal Print Driver Series (PCL 6) vulnerabilities

Posted on 2025-02-06 by guenni

[German]There are vulnerabilities in older HP Universal Print printer drivers (PCL 6 and PostScript) for Windows. The background to this is that these printer drivers use the libjpeg, libpng, OpenSSL and zlib libraries and may have (older) vulnerabilities. HP has … Continue reading →

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