HP DesignJet T790 and T1300 Printer Series - Using your printer
Get printer accounting information
There are various dierent ways of getting accounting information from your printer.
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View printer usage statistics for the whole lifetime of the printer, see Check usage statistics on page 102.
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View ink and paper usage for each of your recent jobs by using the HP Utility, see Check usage statistics for
a job on page 102. If the HP Utility is not available, see Access the HP Utility on page 28.
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Request accounting data by email. The printer sends data in XML at regular intervals to a specied email
address; the data may be interpreted and summarized by a third-party application, or displayed as an Excel
spreadsheet. See
Request accounting data by email on page 103.
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Use a third-party application to request printer status, printer usage or job accounting data from the printer
through the Internet. The printer provides data in XML to the application whenever requested. HP provides
a Software Development Kit to facilitate the development of such applications.
Check usage statistics
There are various ways of checking your printer's usage statistics.
NOTE: The accuracy of the usage statistics is not guaranteed.
From the Embedded Web Server
1. Access the Embedded Web Server, see Access the Embedded Web Server on page 28.
2. Go to the Main tab.
3. Select History > Usage.
From the HP Utility
1. Access the HP Utility, see Access the HP Utility on page 28.
2. Under Windows, go to the Overview tab and click on the Printer usage link.
Under Mac OS, select Information > Printer Usage and click on the Lookup button.
From the front panel
1.
Press .
2.
Press .
3. Press Internal prints.
4. Press User information prints.
5. Press Print usage report.
Check usage statistics for a job
There are two ways to check usage statistics for a particular job.
NOTE: The accuracy of the usage statistics is not guaranteed.
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