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Monitor the printer
This section provides instructions for monitoring the printer.
Note For information about opening and using specific management tools, see Overview of printer
management tools.
Use this tool... ...to obtain the following information.
Control panel Obtain information about the status of jobs that are being processed,
the operating status of the printer, and the status of ink cartridges
and printheads.
See Printer lights reference for more information.
Embedded Web server
(EWS)
z Printer status information:
Click the Information tab, and then click an option available on
the left pane.
z Ink cartridge and printhead status:
Click the Information tab, and then click Ink Supplies in the
left pane.
z Accumulated ink and media usage:
Click the Information tab, and then click Usage in the left pane.
z Total number of pages and ink used by each user of the printer:
Click the Settings tab, click Job Accounting in the left pane,
and then click the Users tab in the right pane.
z Usage information:
Click the Settings tab, and then click Job Accounting in the
left pane.
Toolbox (Windows)
z Ink cartridge information:
The ink-level information appears on the Printer Status tab.
Click Ink Cartridge Information for information about
replacement ink cartridges and expiration date.
z Information about processed print jobs:
Click the Information tab, click Job Accounting, and then click
the Job tab.
HP Inkjet Toolbox (Mac OS) Ink cartridge information: Open the Ink Level panel.
HP Web Jetadmin software To learn about using the HP Web Jetadmin software to obtain printer
information, open the HP Web Jetadmin software and see the
software documentation for information. See HP Web Jetadmin
software.
myPrintMileage To learn about using myPrintMileage to obtain printer information,
go to the myPrintMileage website and follow the onscreen
instructions. See myPrintMileage.
