HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 HP LaserJet Enterprise 500 color M551 Printer Serie

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Maximizing energy conservation in HP

LaserJet M500 and M600 series printers

9am October 4, 2011

Quickset: SMB – Small and Medium businesses with minimal central

management

The following steps, applied to an M500 or M600 series printer (via the Embedded Web Server) that is

in factory default configuration, will set it up for minimal energy usage in a home, small or medium

business environment where centralized remote management is not in use:

1)

Energy Setting: Enable Sleep/Auto Off Time

2)

Energy Settings: Sleep/Auto Off after: 5 (minutes)

3)

Energy Settings: Wake/Auto On Events: Network Port

4)

Network Tab/Network Settings: Disable SNMPv1/v2

5)

Network Tab/Other Settings, uncheck:

a.

SLP Config

b.

Bonjour

c.

WS Discovery

d.

Web Services Print

6)

Shut down clients at night

Note that this configuration will not work with UPD print drivers since they require SNMP.

Quickset: Enterprise – Centrally managed printers

In a large business environment in which centralized remote management is a key facet of printer

maintenance, the following settings are recommended to provide minimal energy consumption without

loss of control:

1)

Energy Setting: Enable Sleep/Auto Off Time

2)

Energy Settings: Sleep/Auto Off after: 5 (minutes)

3)

Energy Settings: Wake/Auto On Events: Network Port

4)

Network Tab/Other Settings, uncheck:

a.

SLP Config

b.

Bonjour

c.

WS Discovery

5)

Tune management systems (WJA, RMA) to minimize SNMP and align with working hours. (See

notes below)

6)

Disconnect clients from the Embedded Web Server.