HP LaserJet 5200 Printer series - Manual (Page 118)

HP Easy Printer Care software sections
Section Options
Overview tab
Contains basic status
information for the printer
● Devices list: Shows the printers that you can select.
● Device Status section: Shows printer status information. This section will indicate printer
alert conditions, such as an empty print cartridge. It also shows device-identification
information, control-panel messages, and print-cartridge levels. After you correct a problem
with the printer, click the
button to update the section.
● Supplies Status section: Shows detailed supplies status, such as the percentage of toner
remaining in the print cartridge and the status of the media that is loaded in each tray.
● Supplies Details link: Opens the supplies status page to view more detailed information
about printer supplies, ordering information, and recycling information.
Support tab
Provides help
information and links
● Provides device information, including alerts for items needing attention.
● Provides links to troubleshooting information and tools.
● Provides links to the HP Web site for registration, support, and for ordering supplies.
NOTE If you use a dial-up connection and did not connect to the Internet when
you first opened the HP Easy Printer Care software, you must connect before you
can visit these Web sites.
Supplies Ordering
window
Provides access to
online or e-mail supplies
ordering
● Ordering list: Shows the supplies that you can order for each printer. If you want to order a
certain item, click the Order check box for that item in the supplies list.
● Shop Online for Supplies button: Opens the HP supplies Web site in a new browser
window. If you have checked the Order check box for any items, the information about
those items can be transferred to the Web site.
● Print Shopping List button: Prints the information for the supplies that have the Order
check box selected.
● Email Shopping List button: Creates a text list of items that have the Order check box
selected. The list can be copied into an e-mail message that you send to your supplier.
Alert Settings window
Allows you to configure
the printer to
automatically notify you
of printer issues
● Alerts on or off: Activates or deactivates the alerts feature for a certain printer.
● When alerts appear: Sets when you want alerts to appear—either when you are printing to
that particular printer, or anytime there is a printer event.
● Alert event type: Sets whether you want alerts for only critical errors, or for any error,
including continuable errors.
● Notification type: Sets what type of alert should appear (pop-up message or system tray
alert, and e-mail message).
Device List tab
Shows information
about each printer in the
Devices list
● Printer information, including printer name, make, and model
● An icon (if the View as drop-down box is set to Tiles, which is the default setting)
● Any current alerts for the printer
If you click a printer in the list, the HP Easy Printer Care software opens the Overview tab for
that printer.
Find Other Printers
window
Allows you to add more
printers to your printer list
Clicking the Find Other Printers link in the Devices list opens the Find Other Printers window.
The Find Other Printers window provides a utility that detects other network printers so that you
can add them to the Devices list and then monitor those printers from your computer.
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