Printing upside down

Hi guys. I've got an HP LaserJet 600 M603. It has started printing pages with the data upside down. Instead of picking the page up from the tray after printing, and the start of the page being at the top, it's placing the start of the page and information at the bottom, upside-down.
When I do a factory reset, it will correct the issue for a time, but it then reverts back within an hour or so.
I researched and found some information regarding a firmware upgrade for a different model printer that stated is was the PJL Density command that was causing the data on the page to print upside-down and it was the fix for it.
Not sure if an upgrade to the firmware is what I need, nor do I know how to peform this. Any advice?
Firmware Revision: 2200643_228341
Firmware Date Code: 20120623
Model: CE996A
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There is a firmware update from 31 July 2014, version 2302963_436082 available for download from HP here. Be sure to read the "Readme" file in the file here for installation instructions. The installation instructions are near the end, starting about page 29. It does appear some of the updates involved fixes for mirrored or inverted text.
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