HP Deskjet 6940 User Guide - Pre-Windows 2000 - Page 85

Download printer software updates, Display the Ink Status window

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Note The Ink Status window may not display if the printer is operating over a non-Microsoft configuration. Print cartridge information and ordering For print cartridge information and to link to HP's Web site for ordering print cartridges, click the Print Cartridge Information button. Display the Ink Status window If you do not want the Ink Status window to appear when you print, select the Do not show this again check box in the lower-left corner of the window. If you previously chose not to show the Ink Status window but now want it to appear when you print, follow these steps: 1. Open the printer Toolbox. 2. Click the Configuration tab. 3. Select the Display Ink Status Window check box. 4. Click Apply, and then click OK. Download printer software updates Download the latest printer software update every few months to ensure you have the latest features and improvements: 1. Make sure you are connected to the Internet. 2. From the Windows Start menu, click Programs, click HP, and then click HP Software Update. The HP Software Update window is displayed. 3. Click Next. HP Software Update searches the HP Web site for printer software updates. - If the computer has the most recent version of the printer software installed, No updates are available for your system at this time is displayed in the HP Software Update window. - If the computer does not have the most recent version of the printer software installed, a software update is displayed in the HP Software Update window. 4. If a software update is available, select the check box beside the update name. 5. Click Install. 6. Follow the onscreen instructions. User's guide 83

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Note
The Ink Status window may not display if the printer is operating over a
non-Microsoft configuration.
Print cartridge information and ordering
For print cartridge information and to link to HP's Web site for ordering print cartridges,
click the
Print Cartridge Information
button.
Display the Ink Status window
If you do not want the Ink Status window to appear when you print, select the
Do not
show this again
check box in the lower-left corner of the window.
If you previously chose not to show the Ink Status window but now want it to appear when
you print, follow these steps:
1.
Open the printer
Toolbox
.
2.
Click the
Configuration
tab.
3.
Select the
Display Ink Status Window
check box.
4.
Click
Apply
, and then click
OK
.
Download printer software updates
Download the latest printer software update every few months to ensure you have the
latest features and improvements:
1.
Make sure you are connected to the Internet.
2.
From the Windows
Start
menu, click
Programs
, click
HP
, and then click
HP
Software Update
.
The HP Software Update window is displayed.
3.
Click
Next
.
HP Software Update searches the HP Web site for printer software updates.
If the computer has the most recent version of the printer software installed,
No
updates are available for your system at this time
is displayed in the HP
Software Update window.
If the computer does not have the most recent version of the printer software
installed, a software update is displayed in the HP Software Update window.
4.
If a software update is available, select the check box beside the update name.
5.
Click
Install
.
6.
Follow the onscreen instructions.
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