Features
The HP embedded Web server allows you to view printer and network card status and
manage printing functions from your PC. With the HP embedded Web server, you can do the
following:
● view printer status information
● determine the remaining life on all supplies and order new ones
● view and change tray configurations
● view and change the printer control panel menu configuration
● view and print internal pages
● receive notification of printer and supplies events
● add or customize links to other Web sites
● select the language in which to display the embedded Web server pages
● view and change network configuration
● view support content that is printer-specific and specific to the printer’s current state
For a complete explanation of the features and functionality of the embedded Web server,
see
Using the embedded Web server (HP Color LaserJet 3700 series printer only).
Other components and utilities
Several software applications are available for Windows and Macintosh OS users, as well as
for network administrators. These programs are summarized below.
Windows Macintosh OS
Network administrator
● Software installer —
automates the printing
system installation
● Online Web registration
● HP toolbox — a Web
application for checking
printer status and settings
for Windows 98, 2000, Me,
and XP users
● PostScript Printer
Description files (PPDs) —
for use with the Apple
PostScript drivers that
come with the Mac OS
● HP toolbox — a Web
application for checking
printer status and settings
for Mac OS X, v10.1, and
v10.2 users
● HP Web Jetadmin — a
browser-based system
management tool. See
http://www.hp.com/go/
webjetadmin for the latest
HP Web Jetadmin software
● HP Jetdirect Printer
Installer for UNIX —
available for download
from http://www.hp.com/
support/net_printing
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