HP Web Jetadmin - Upgrading Firmware Using HP Web Jetadmin

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information. It is not uncommon for the
firmware to appear on the printer’s Web
page several days before it appears in
the HP Web Jetadmin location.
Once the firmware index file is obtained,
HP Web Jetadmin uses it to display a list
of available images to be downloaded to
the client. HP Web Jetadmin knows
exactly which images apply to which
printers as defined in the .glf file. Images
can be selected from the list of available
images and downloaded to the client.
Once they are downloaded to the client,
HP Web Jetadmin offers a box labeled
Import firmware images to import the
images to the HP Web Jetadmin server
(Figure 3). The repository is designed to
eliminate issues with Web access on
servers. The server does not need proxy
or Web access, only the client machine
needs Web access through a browser.
The images are simply downloaded to a
user-defined folder on the client machine
and imported to the HP Web Jetadmin
server as needed. If a secure proxy is in
place, HP Web Jetadmin displays a
popup screen asking for credentials to
traverse the proxy.
IMPORTING FIRMWARE
INTO HP WEB
JETADMIN
The firmware repository has a button
labeled Import that provides an
opportunity to browse to any folder and
select images to add to the repository
(Figure 4). These might be images that
HP Web Jetadmin previously
downloaded from the Web and stored on
a client machine or they might be images
that were manually downloaded from
printer driver Web pages.
HP Jetdirect firmware images have a .dld
extension, while the printer firmware
images have either an .rfu or .bdl
extension. Once imported into the
repository, the files physically exist under
the following location on the HP Web
Jetadmin server:
Figure 2Select images to download from Web
Figure 3Downloading and importing
Figure 4Import Firmware Images