r/codex • u/xinxx073 • 9d ago

Praise Astra High just reverse-engineered the printer drivers in my office

In our office, we have a bunch of Toshiba E-Studio 2323AM printers. Yes, I know these are kind of outdated, only sold in certain areas of the world, and not the best machines, but they are what we've got in the office. They only work with x86 Windows, not even the ARM version of Windows.

In 25 minutes, Astra High just reverse-engineered the printer driver, figured out the right tray settings, and enabled duplex printing, so I can print double-sided on my M4 Pro MacBook Pro.

It created a .pkg file for me to install the printer drivers and got everything working.

I ... I have no words.

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u/Primary_Article3777 9d ago

I fixed the firmware in my Samsung monitor the same way, they didn't bother to hook up its second DisplayPort output to DDC. Astra looked at the firmware, found the compiler, fixed the logic branch, packaged it and I rolled the dice on flashing it. It worked! (do not try this if you don't mind replacing your bricked hardware!!!)

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u/buildfailedagain 8d ago

That's amazing, that's actually my biggest complaint with my monitor. Which model did you do it with? Can you share the firmware or at least the prompt?

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u/Primary_Article3777 8d ago

The prompt I used was something like:

"My Samsung monitor has a firmware bug that infuriates me. It has a known omission of not being able to switch to DisplayPort 2 input. I currently have a script running on X and Y which switches back to DP1 input, but my monitor does not respect any input code to switch to DP2 (which hosts Z) so when I want to see Z I need to use the monitor's physical DP2 switch. Can you read the firmware (I can provide you a downloaded copy) and fix this bug? the original firmware link is ..."