HP Manage Jetdirect and Web Jetadmin Software Firmware Efficiently

Firmware Repository and Qualifying Firmware

The Firmware Repository can be accessed from the navigation pane under Firmware (Firmware Repository on page 196). HP Jetdirect and printer firmware images exist on www.hp.com and can be accessed in two ways:

●HP Web Jetadmin can contact www.hp.com and display available images to users (using the Get Images feature). The images can then be imported to the client using the Import feature.

●Image files can be manually obtained and imported to HP Web Jetadmin by the user.

In both cases, the goal is to get the desired image(s) onto HP Web Jetadmin so that they can be used for updating.

Qualify Feature

Images that are imported into HP Web Jetadmin can be marked as Qualified. This allows administrative control over firmware images as they are downloaded from the Web.

Users assigned to Roles having Upgrade Device permission enabled, but who do not have Manage Repository enabled are able to upgrade only with firmware images that are qualified (those marked as Yes in the Qualified column). Images that are not qualified, will not appear in the list.

Administrators assigned to Roles having Manage Repository enabled, have the ability to see non-qualified images (those marked as No) and qualified images (those marked as Yes). These administrators can use upgrade devices with this firmware for test and qualification purposes. Once the firmware is qualified, these same administrators can use the Edit Properties feature in the Firmware Repository to mark the firmware as qualified. This action allows other users to begin performing upgrades with tested/qualified firmware.

Finding Images

HP Jetdirect firmware can be obtained through www.hp.com/go/webjetadmin_firmware. HP Printer firmware images can be obtained by visiting the device specific Software and Drivers Downloads pages at www.hp.com/go/webjetadmin_software. Devices that have firmware update capability will offer a self extracting executable. The file required for HP Jetdirect printer firmware updates has an rfu extension. This file can be extracted and then imported into HP Jetdirect by using Import.

Task Modules for Firmware

●Firmware - Current Tasks and Common Tasks Task Modules

●Firmware - Active Tasks Task Module

●Firmware - Scheduled Tasks Task Module

●Firmware - Device Summary Task Module

The following task modules can be displayed or hidden in Firmware.

Firmware - Current Tasks and Common Tasks Task Modules

The Firmware - Current Tasks task module can be displayed on the Firmware page and includes the following tasks:

●Upgrade Firmware on page 194

●View the Firmware Repository on page 196

The Firmware - Current Tasks task module can be displayed in other areas of HP Web Jetadmin; in the other areas it is Firmware - Common Tasks.

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