HP Web Jetadmin - Managing Third-Party Printers

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for a third-party device, therefore a single plug-in containing industry-standard objects is used for each
vendor. The level of information that can be provided depends on the ability of the device to answer
the standard queries.
For HP devices, a device plug-in exists for every HP model that contains proprietary objects to provide
advanced support.
LEVEL OF SUPPORT
Third-party device support in HP Web Jetadmin can be quite extensive—however, it is strictly the
responsibility of the device to answer the standard queries. A significant amount of HP Web Jetadmin
functionality can be supported through standard queries such as basic status, configuration, alerts,
reporting, and page counting. HP Web Jetadmin attempts to support the following functionality for
third-party devices using standard queries for basic support:
• Device Page
• Status tab
• Device
A single picture of a generic device to represent the vendor
Device Model, IP Hostname, IP Address, System Contact
• Status
Basic status (online/offline, toner low, toner out, media low, media out, paper jam,
cover open, service requested)
Front panel display
• Supplies
Input tray remaining levels
Supplies remaining levels
• Detailed Info tab
• General category
Serial Number
Engine Cycle Count
Contact Person
System Contact
System Location
Interpreter information (language, version, date)
• Jetdirect category
HW address, protocols, packets, system uptime, system name
• Config tab
• Device
Contact Person
System Contact
System Location
Control Panel language
Printer Job Langauge (PJL) Configuration
Company Name
• Network
System Name
IP Address
• Troubleshoot tab
• Reset device
• EWS button
• Capabilities
• Installed components such as input tray capacities, interpreter languages, duplexer, hard
disk, total memory