HP Color LaserJet CM4730 Multifunction Printer series - Manual (Page 220)

Use HP Web Jetadmin to upgrade the firmware
This procedure requires that you install HP Web Jetadmin Version 7.0 or later on your computer. See
HP Web Jetadmin software . Complete the following steps to update a single device through HP Web
Jetadmin after downloading the .RFU file from the HP Web site.
1. Start HP Web Jetadmin.
2. Open the Device Management folder in the drop-down list in the Navigation panel. Navigate to
the Device Lists folder.
3. Expand the Device Lists folder and select All Devices. Locate the MFP in the list of devices, and
then click to select it.
If you need to upgrade the firmware for multiple HP Color LaserJet CM4730 MFP series MFPs,
select all of them by pressing the
Ctrl key as you click the name of each MFP.
4. Locate the drop-down box for Device Tools in the upper-right corner of the window. Select Update
Printer Firmware from the action list.
5. If the name of the .RFU file is not listed in the All Available Images box, click Browse in the
Upload New Firmware Image dialog box and navigate to the location of the .RFU file that you
downloaded from the Web at the start of this procedure. If the filename is listed, select it.
6. Click Upload to move the .RFU file from your hard drive to the HP Web Jetadmin server. After the
upload is complete, the browser window refreshes.
7. Select the .RFU file from the Printer Firmware Update drop-down menu.
8. Click Update Firmware. HP Web Jetadmin sends the selected .RFU file to the MFP. The control
panel shows messages that indicate the progress of the upgrade. At the end of the upgrade
process, the control panel shows the Ready message.
Use MS-DOS commands to upgrade the firmware
To update the firmware by using a network connection, follow these instructions.
1. From a command prompt or in an MS-DOS window, type the following:
copy /B FILENAME> \
\COMPUTERNAME>\SHARENAME>
, where <FILENAME> is the name of the .RFU file (including the
path), <COMPUTERNAME> is the name of the computer from which the MFP is being shared, and
<SHARENAME> is the MFP share name. For example:
C:\>copy /b C:\9200fW.RFU \
\YOUR_SERVER\YOUR_COMPUTER
.
NOTE If the file name or path includes a space, you must enclose the file name or path in
quotation marks. For example, type:
C:\>copy /b "C:\MY DOCUMENTS
\3500FW.RFU" \\YOUR_SERVER\YOUR_COMPUTER
.
2. Press Enter on the keyboard. The control panel shows a message that indicates the progress of
the firmware upgrade. At the end of the upgrade process, the control panel shows the Ready
message . The message One File Copied appears on the computer screen.
Use the HP Jetdirect firmware
The HP Jetdirect network interface in the MFP has firmware that can be upgraded separately from the
MFP firmware. This procedure requires that you install HP Web Jetadmin Version 7.0 or later on your
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