
and if the version of the image is newer than the version on the device, an upgrade is possible. By
default, HP Web Jetadmin cannot be used to downgrade firmware, except by manually altering a
configuration file. Firmware updates can be scheduled to occur at any time. Firmware update retry is
also available in cases where an update failed or a device was not on the network. For more
information, see the Upgrading Firmware Using HP Web Jetadmin white paper or the online help:
Device Management > Firmware > All About Firmware.
Expanding the Firmware menu displays this item:
Repository: HP Jetdirect and printer firmware images exist on www.hp.com and can be accessed
in two ways:
HP Web Jetadmin contacts www.hp.com and displays available images to users.
Image files are manually obtained and uploaded to HP Web Jetadmin by the user through the
Upload button on the Firmware Repository page.
For more information, see the online help: Device Management > Firmware > Firmware
Repository.
Right-click functionality includes:
Upgrade firmware: Once the firmware images exist on the HP Web Jetadmin host, they can be
applied as upgrades to devices. If you choose to use only qualified firmware images, then you
must certify firmware images before upgrading the firmware. The user who qualifies firmware
images in the Firmware Repository must have Manage Firmware Images permissions set through
Device Management > Device Firmware in User Security. (To require firmware images to be
qualified, access Tools > Options > Device Management > Firmware > Firmware Repository
Options and check “Use qualified firmware images”.) For more information, see the online help:
Device Management > Firmware > Upgrade Firmware.
View firmware repository: Opens the Firmware Repository, which lists available firmware images.
For more information, see the online help: Device Management > Firmware > Firmware
Repository.
Reports
HP Web Jetadmin provides advanced reporting and data exporting capabilities for the devices it
manages.
There are two steps to producing a report:
1. Collecting the data: Specify which devices to poll for the report. Since this process causes
network traffic and requires database space, you must turn on data collection when you want a
report. If data collection is not turned on, then the data will not be included in the report when it
is run.
2. Generating the report: Specify the report type, the device or group of devices to include in the
report (which could be all or some of the devices you specified in the first step), and the time
frame for the data to be included in the report. This must be done each time you want the report
to run.
For more information about reports, see the online help: Device Management > Reports > All About
Reports.
Expanding the Reports menu displays these items:
Data Collection: Data collections are groups of devices that have specific collection types
enabled. You can apply a data collection type, such as Device Utilization, to a single device,
multiple devices, or a device group. When a data collection type is first applied, HP Web
Jetadmin launches a data collection immediately to establish a data baseline. Once the device is
populated under a specific data collection type, data collections occur at some interval or by way
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