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traceroute66 on Jan 8, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Canon is telling customers how to override counter...

I wish Canon would tell users of its business lasers how to reset a forgotten admin PIN.

Apparently only Canon Service providers can do a full factory reset due to "data protection" reasons.

Go figure.

userbinator on Jan 8, 2022 [–]

Ask on some of the "shadier" forums and you might get an answer. Knowing a foreign East European or Asian language helps.

(There are plenty of Chinese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, and Vietnamese forums discussing consumer electronics repair, but very few in English.)

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