HP Upgrade Your Printer Firmware with FTP and Easy Firmware Upgrade Utility

Upgrade the firmware

The device has remote firmware update (RFU) capability. Use the information in this section to upgrade the device firmware. The overall process involves the following steps:

1.Determine the current level of firmware that is installed on the device.

2.Go to the HP Web site and find out whether a firmware update is available. If an update is available, download the latest firmware to your computer.

3.Transfer the new firmware from your computer to the device.

Determine the current firmware version

1.Print a configuration page. See Use information pages on page 38.

2.Locate the Firmware Datecode entry in the Printer Information section. The firmware datecode has this format: YYYYMMDD XX.XXX.X. The first string of numbers is the date, where YYYY represents the year, MM represents the month, and DD represents the date. For example, a firmware datecode of that begins with 20040225 represents February 25, 2004.

Download the new firmware from the HP Web site

To find the most recent firmware upgrade, go to www.hp.com/go/LJP3005_software. This page provides instructions for downloading the new firmware version.

Transfer the new firmware to the device

Use one of the following methods to update the firmware.

Use FTP to upgrade the firmware on a network connection

1.Take note of the IP address on the HP Jetdirect page. The HP Jetdirect page is the second page that prints when you print the configuration page.

NOTE Before upgrading the firmware, make sure that the device is not in Sleep mode. Also make sure that any error messages are cleared from the control-panel display.

2.Open an MS-DOS command prompt on your computer.

3.Type: ftp <TCP/IP ADDRESS>. For example, if the TCP/IP address is 192.168.0.90, type ftp 192.168.0.90.

4.Press Enter on the keyboard.

5.When prompted for the user name, press Enter.

6.When prompted for the password, press Enter.

7.Type bin at the command prompt.

8.Press Enter. The message 200 Types set to I, Using binary mode to transfer files appears in the command window.

9.Type put <filename> where <filename> is the name of the .RFU file that was downloaded from the Web, including the path. For example, type put C:\LJ\P3005FW.RFU, and then press Enter.

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