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Macintosh remote firmware updates Topics: ● Remote firmware update by using the HP Printer Utility Remote firmware update by using the HP Printer Utility Make sure that the tools and files that are necessary for the update are available. Get the HP Printer Utility and the M1005 MFPFW.RFU file, which is the firmware file for the device. The HP Printer Utility is a software program that is available only for Mac OS X V10.3 and later. The HP Printer Utility and the firmware file (M1005 MFPFW.RFU) can be downloaded from the following Web site: www.hp.com/go/ljM1005_firmware Get the firmware file and the HP Printer Utility, and then begin the update process. Complete the following steps: 1. Open the HP Printer Utility. 2. Select Update Firmware, click Choose, browse to firmware upgrade file, and then click Open. 3. On the Update Firmware screen, click Update. NOTE If an error message appears on the screen indicating that the device is offline, verify that the device is turned on. If it is, ignore the message. The Updating screen appears and the update proceeds as expected. 4. The update process can take several minutes. Let the process finish without further interaction with the device or the computer. The messages described in the section Device messages during the firmware update appear on the control panel. NOTE The device automatically turns off and then on again to activate the update; this can happen more than once. At the end of the update process, the READY message appears on the control panel. Do not turn off the device or interfere with the update until this message appears. 5. Print a configuration page and verify that the firmware revision number matches the revision of the current update. 92 Chapter 5 Macintosh ENWW

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Macintosh remote firmware updates
Topics:
●
Remote firmware update by using the HP Printer Utility
Remote firmware update by using the HP Printer Utility
Make sure that the tools and files that are necessary for the update are available. Get the HP Printer
Utility and the M1005 MFPFW.RFU file, which is the firmware file for the device. The HP Printer Utility
is a software program that is available only for Mac OS X V10.3 and later.
The HP Printer Utility and the firmware file (M1005 MFPFW.RFU) can be downloaded from the following
Web site:
www.hp.com/
go/ljM1005_firmware
Get the firmware file and the HP Printer Utility, and then begin the update process. Complete the
following steps:
1.
Open the HP Printer Utility.
2.
Select
Update Firmware
, click
Choose
, browse to firmware upgrade file, and then click
Open
.
3.
On the
Update Firmware
screen, click
Update
.
NOTE
If an error message appears on the screen indicating that the device is offline, verify
that the device is turned on. If it is, ignore the message. The
Updating
screen appears and
the update proceeds as expected.
4.
The update process can take several minutes. Let the process finish without further interaction with
the device or the computer. The messages described in the section
Device messages during the
firmware update
appear on the control panel.
NOTE
The device automatically turns off and then on again to activate the update; this
can happen more than once. At the end of the update process, the
READY
message
appears on the control panel. Do
not
turn off the device or interfere with the update until this
message appears.
5.
Print a configuration page and verify that the firmware revision number matches the revision of the
current update.
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Chapter 5
Macintosh
ENWW