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Remote firmware update through the HP Embedded Web Server, Start HP Web Jetadmin.

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Engineering Details 7. Click Upload to move the .RFU file from your hard drive to the HP Web Jetadmin server. 8. Refresh the browser. 9. Select the .RFU file from the Printer Firmware Update drop-down menu. 10. Click Update Firmware. HP Web Jetadmin sends the selected .RFU file to the device. 11. The download process begins and the firmware is updated on the device. This can take several minutes. Let the process finish without further interaction with the device or the computer. The messages described in the section Printer 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 you see this message. 12. Print a configuration page and verify that the firmware revision number matches the revision of the current update. NOTE Print a menu map to see what user settings are configured in the current firmware. This menu map can be compared with a menu map printed before the firmware update to determine what features have been added or changed in the new firmware. To print a menu map from the device control panel, see Print a menu map. HP Web Jetadmin V7.8 and later can also be used to perform multiple or unattended installations. Complete the following steps for multiple or unattended installations. 1. Start HP Web Jetadmin. 2. Create a device group. A simple way to do this is to follow these steps: a. Click Device Management, and then click All Devices. b. Shift-click to select devices that are to be included in the group, and then click OK. c. When prompted, type a name for the new device group, and then click OK. 3. To modify several products in a group, click the group name, and then click Open. 4. The drop-down menu for Device Group Tools appears on the right side of the window. Scroll if necessary to view it. 5. In the Device Group Tools drop-down box, select an action. Type the appropriate information. Click Return to Device Group when finished. Remote firmware update through the HP Embedded Web Server CAUTION Use extreme caution when using this method. Only use this method as a last resort. ENWW Remote firmware updates 291

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7.
Click
Upload
to move the .RFU file from your hard drive to the HP Web Jetadmin server.
8.
Refresh the browser.
9.
Select the .RFU file from the
Printer Firmware Update
drop-down menu.
10.
Click
Update Firmware
. HP Web Jetadmin sends the selected .RFU file to the device.
11.
The download process begins and the firmware is updated on the device. This can take several
minutes. Let the process finish without further interaction with the device or the computer. The
messages described in the section
Printer 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 you
see this message.
12.
Print a configuration page and verify that the firmware revision number matches the revision of the
current update.
NOTE
Print a menu map to see what user settings are configured in the current firmware. This
menu map can be compared with a menu map printed before the firmware update to determine
what features have been added or changed in the new firmware.
To print a menu map from the device control panel, see
Print a menu map
.
HP Web Jetadmin V7.8 and later can also be used to perform multiple or unattended installations.
Complete the following steps for multiple or unattended installations.
1.
Start HP Web Jetadmin.
2.
Create a device group. A simple way to do this is to follow these steps:
a.
Click
Device Management
, and then click
All Devices
.
b.
Shift-click to select devices that are to be included in the group, and then click
OK
.
c.
When prompted, type a name for the new device group, and then click
OK
.
3.
To modify several products in a group, click the group name, and then click
Open
.
4.
The drop-down menu for
Device Group Tools
appears on the right side of the window. Scroll if
necessary to view it.
5.
In the
Device Group Tools
drop-down box, select an action. Type the appropriate information.
Click
Return to Device Group
when finished.
Remote firmware update through the HP Embedded Web Server
CAUTION
Use extreme caution when using this method. Only use this method as a last resort.
ENWW
Remote firmware updates
291
Engineering Details