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OVERVIEW

HP Web Jetadmin has the ability to upgrade the firmware for both HP Jetdirect devices and printers

over the network for multiple devices simultaneously. Upgrades to firmware can correct problems with

devices and add new features to devices without replacing hardware. The ability to upgrade

HP Jetdirect firmware over the network has always been available through a separate utility called

HP Download Manager. However, this requires a separate utility to be loaded for each operating

system. The integrated firmware downloader in HP Web Jetadmin can upgrade firmware on any

platform, without the aid of a separate download utility, and can automatically locate the latest

firmware revision on the Web.

FIRMWARE REPOSITORY

The firmware repository is the

storage area in HP Web

Jetadmin for both device and

HP Jetdirect firmware. Firmware

images must reside in the

firmware repository before

HP Web Jetadmin can attempt to

upgrade firmware on devices.

The repository can be accessed

several ways, most commonly by

selecting Firmware > Repository

in the navigation tree (Figure 1).

Actions that can be performed

directly from the repository

include:

• Downloading firmware

images from the Web

• Importing firmware images from a file folder into the repository

• Deleting images from the repository

• Editing the properties (Description, Qualified status) of images

• Upgrading firmware on devices

DOWNLOAD THE FIRMWARE FROM THE WEB

HP Web Jetadmin allows for downloading firmware images directly from the Web rather than forcing

users to search on their own. When Get Images is selected from the repository, a list of firmware

images is made available and users can select which firmware images should be downloaded to the

client (Figure 2). HP Web Jetadmin downloads an index file of images from the following locations to

determine which images are available:

• www.hp.com/go/wja_firmware

—HP Jetdirect firmware (firmware.glf index file)

• ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/networking/software/pfirmware—Device firmware (pfirmware.glf index

file)

When new firmware is introduced for a device, the image is first placed on the device’s Web page

for driver downloads. The image is also placed in the FTP location so that HP Web Jetadmin can

download it from one central location. The pfirmware.glf file is modified to include any new version

information. It is not uncommon for the firmware to appear on the device’s Web page several days

before it appears in the HP Web Jetadmin location.

Figure 1

—Firmware repository

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