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Manual firmware updates, Secure File Erase, firmware

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Important notes ● Your printer must be connected to the Internet; see Configure your connectivity on page 18. ● To configure automatic firmware updates, you can use the front panel or the Embedded Web Server; see Configure your connectivity on page 18. ● A firmware update package can be large; you may want to consider whether there are any implications for your network or Internet connection. ● A firmware update is downloaded in the background: the printer can be printing at the same time. However, it cannot be installed in the background: printing must stop. Manual firmware updates Manual firmware updates can be performed in the following ways: ● Using the Embedded Web Server, click the Setup tab and then Firmware update. Click Browse to select a firmware file (.fmw) that you have already downloaded to your own computer. ● Using the HP DesignJet Utility under Windows, click the Admin tab and then Firmware Update. ● Using the HP Utility under Mac OS X, click Firmware Update. ● Using HP Web Jetadmin, with which you can make manual firmware updates or request automatic updates. ● Using a USB flash drive: Download the firmware file from http://www.hp.com/go/pagewidexlseries/ support/firmware/ (according to your printer model) into the USB flash drive and insert it into the Hi-Speed USB host port in the front panel. A firmware update assistant will appear on the front panel to guide you through the update process. Secure File Erase The printer's hard disk is used as a temporary storage area for print jobs. Secure File Erase can erase your temporary files from the hard disk to protect them from unauthorized access. It begins to do so as soon as you turn it on, but old temporary files that were already on the hard disk are not erased retroactively. If you want to erase the old files too, see Disk Wipe on page 125. 124 Chapter 9 Maintenance ENWW

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Important notes
●
Your printer must be connected to the Internet; see
Configure
your connectivity
on page
18
.
●
To
configure
automatic
firmware
updates, you can use the front panel or the Embedded Web Server; see
Configure
your connectivity
on page
18
.
●
A
firmware
update package can be large; you may want to consider whether there are any implications for
your network or Internet connection.
●
A
firmware
update is downloaded in the background: the printer can be printing at the same time. However,
it cannot be installed in the background: printing must stop.
Manual
firmware
updates
Manual
firmware
updates can be performed in the following ways:
●
Using the Embedded Web Server, click the
Setup
tab and then
Firmware update
. Click
Browse
to select a
firmware
file
(.fmw) that you have already downloaded to your own computer.
●
Using the HP DesignJet Utility under Windows, click the
Admin
tab and then
Firmware Update
.
●
Using the HP Utility under Mac OS X, click
Firmware Update
.
●
Using HP Web Jetadmin, with which you can make manual
firmware
updates or request automatic updates.
●
Using a USB
flash
drive: Download the
firmware
file
from
go/pagewidexlseries/
support/firmware/
(according to your printer model) into the USB
flash
drive and insert it into the Hi-Speed
USB host port in the front panel. A
firmware
update assistant will appear on the front panel to guide you
through the update process.
Secure File Erase
The printer's hard disk is used as a temporary storage area for print jobs. Secure File Erase can erase your
temporary
files
from the hard disk to protect them from unauthorized access. It begins to do so as soon as you
turn it on, but old temporary
files
that were already on the hard disk are not erased retroactively. If you want to
erase the old
files
too, see
Disk Wipe
on page
125
.
124
Chapter 9
Maintenance
ENWW