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Printer Status and Alerts The HP LaserJet printing-system software includes a utility called Printer Status and Alerts that you can use to monitor print jobs and printer status from the desktop. The Printer Status and Alerts feature provides printer and job status information such as printing history, job progress, toner and paper levels, and consumables and supplies reorder information, and presents a simulated view of the printer control panel. This utility offers several options for configuring pop-up windows to view the status of the printer and of individual print jobs. Printer Status and Alerts is a selectable component of Custom Installation. To install Printer Status and Alerts, choose Custom Installation and select the appropriate check box. Printer Status and Alerts features are available for printers connected by means of a connection, whether direct or over a network, that supports bidirectional functionality. The Printer Status and Alerts feature cannot be installed over infrared (IR) or serial ports. See "Bidirectional communication." For Windows 95, the Microsoft Winsock2 patch must first be installed. To download the Microsoft Winsock2 patch, go to http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/WUAdminTools/S_WUNetworkingTools/ W95Sockets2/Default.asp For all operating systems, the computer must have Internet Explorer version 4.72 or later installed; version 5.0 or later is recommended. HP Printer Status and Alerts communicates with the printer only during an active print job to minimize network traffic. The following restrictions apply to HP products that use Printer Status and Alerts: • Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP do not support Printer Status and Alerts with terminal servers. • For Device Status (printer icons in the status window), the computer must have Internet Explorer version 4.72.x or later installed. To find the version number, open Internet Explorer, click Help, and then click About Internet Explorer. Netscape browsers do not support Printer Status and Alerts. No Internet Explorer is necessary for getting status about jobs. Internet Explorer can be installed after installing Printer Status and Alerts. • Netscape browsers do not support HP Printer Status and Alerts. • On a few programs, such as Microsoft Excel and Seagate Crystal Reports, multiple copies of the same document show up in the Printer Status and Alerts window as separate jobs. This is because these programs actually send each copy as a separate job. • For Windows screen reader programs, such as Job Access With Speech from Freedom Scientific, the computer must have Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later installed. To find the version number, open Internet Explorer and click Help, and then click About Internet Explorer. Version 5.0 is reported as Version 5.00.x or later. No Internet Explorer is necessary for getting status about jobs for network-connected printers. Internet Explorer can be installed after installing Printer Status and Alerts. • When renaming a driver, job and device status will not be tracked until the computer is restarted. • Drivers added after Printer Status and Alerts is installed are not recognized until the computer is restarted. • Clicking the Cancel button in the Printer Status and Alerts window will not always cancel a job. This button sends a cancel request to the printer, but if the job has already been processed, it might not be possible to cancel the job (this is commonly the case with smaller jobs). • When using Printer Status and Alerts with Microsoft printer sharing, the following items apply: • The Microsoft patch "Vredir" is required if you want to use Printer Status and Alerts on a Windows 98 or Windows Me computer for a printer that has been shared directly from a computer with Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP installed. Failure to install the patch could cause an intermittent blue screen to appear on the client computer. • For Microsoft shared printers, the host system must have either Printer Status and Alerts or the HP Driver Autoconfiguration option from the HP installer on the computer. Load Printer Status and Alerts on the computer sharing the printer before loading Printer Status and Alerts on the client computer. • For Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me client computers that have Printer Status and Alerts installed, installing a printer by using the Point and Print method will not activate Printer Status and Alerts. Software Technical Reference Software description 33

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Printer Status and Alerts
The HP LaserJet printing-system software includes a utility called Printer Status and Alerts that you can use to monitor
print jobs and printer status from the desktop. The Printer Status and Alerts feature provides printer and job status
information such as printing history, job progress, toner and paper levels, and consumables and supplies reorder
information, and presents a simulated view of the printer control panel. This utility offers several options for configuring
pop-up windows to view the status of the printer and of individual print jobs.
Printer Status and Alerts is a selectable component of Custom Installation. To install Printer Status and Alerts, choose
Custom Installation
and select the appropriate check box.
Printer Status and Alerts features are available for printers connected by means of a connection, whether direct or over
a network, that supports bidirectional functionality. The Printer Status and Alerts feature cannot be installed over
infrared (IR) or serial ports. See "Bidirectional communication."
For Windows 95, the Microsoft Winsock2 patch must first be installed. To download the Microsoft Winsock2 patch, go
to
W95Sockets2/Default.asp
For all operating systems, the computer must have Internet Explorer version 4.72 or later installed; version 5.0 or later
is recommended.
HP Printer Status and Alerts communicates with the printer only during an active print job to minimize network traffic.
The following restrictions apply to HP products that use Printer Status and Alerts:
•
Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP do not support Printer Status and Alerts with terminal servers.
•
For Device Status (printer icons in the status window), the computer must have Internet Explorer version 4.72.
x
or
later installed. To find the version number, open Internet Explorer, click
Help
, and then click
About Internet
Explorer
. Netscape browsers do not support Printer Status and Alerts. No Internet Explorer is necessary for
getting status about jobs. Internet Explorer can be installed after installing Printer Status and Alerts.
•
Netscape browsers do not support HP Printer Status and Alerts.
•
On a few programs, such as Microsoft Excel and Seagate Crystal Reports, multiple copies of the same document
show up in the Printer Status and Alerts window as separate jobs. This is because these programs actually send
each copy as a separate job.
•
For Windows screen reader programs, such as Job Access With Speech from Freedom Scientific, the computer
must have Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later installed. To find the version number, open Internet Explorer and
click
Help
, and then click
About Internet Explorer
. Version 5.0 is reported as Version 5.00.
x
or later. No Internet
Explorer is necessary for getting status about jobs for network-connected printers. Internet Explorer can be
installed after installing Printer Status and Alerts.
•
When renaming a driver, job and device status will not be tracked until the computer is restarted.
•
Drivers added after Printer Status and Alerts is installed are not recognized until the computer is restarted.
•
Clicking the
Cancel
button in the Printer Status and Alerts window will not always cancel a job. This button sends
a cancel request to the printer, but if the job has already been processed, it might not be possible to cancel the job
(this is commonly the case with smaller jobs).
•
When using Printer Status and Alerts with Microsoft printer sharing, the following items apply:
•
The Microsoft patch "Vredir" is required if you want to use Printer Status and Alerts on a Windows 98 or Windows
Me computer for a printer that has been shared directly from a computer with Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or
Windows XP installed. Failure to install the patch could cause an intermittent blue screen to appear on the client
computer.
•
For Microsoft shared printers, the host system must have either
Printer Status and Alerts
or the
HP Driver
Autoconfiguration
option from the HP installer on the computer. Load Printer Status and Alerts on the computer
sharing the printer before loading Printer Status and Alerts on the client computer.
•
For Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me client computers that have Printer Status and Alerts installed,
installing a printer by using the Point and Print method will not activate Printer Status and Alerts.
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