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Get printer accounting information
There are various different ways of getting accounting information from your printer.
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View printer usage statistics for the whole lifetime of the printer, see
Check printer usage statistics
on page 122.
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View ink and paper usage for each of your recent jobs by using the HP Designjet Utility, see
Check ink
and paper usage for a job on page 122. If the HP Designjet Utility is not available, see Access the HP
Designjet Utility on page 19.
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Use a third-party application to request printer status, printer usage or job accounting data from the
printer through the Internet. The printer provides data in XML to the application whenever requested.
HP provides a Software Development Kit to facilitate the development of such applications.
Check printer usage statistics
There are two ways to check your printer's usage statistics.
NOTE: The accuracy of the usage statistics is not guaranteed.
Printer statistics with the Embedded Web Server
1. Access the Embedded Web Server, see Access the Embedded Web Server on page 18.
2. Go to the Main tab.
3. Select History > Usage.
Printer statistics with the HP Designjet Utility
1. Access the HP Designjet Utility, see Access the HP Designjet Utility on page 19.
2. Under Windows, go to the Overview tab and click on the Printer usage link.
In the HP Designjet Utility for Mac OS X, select Printer Usage and press the Lookup button.
Check ink and paper usage for a job
There are two ways to check ink and paper usage for a job.
NOTE: The accuracy of the usage statistics is not guaranteed.
Ink and paper statistics with the Embedded Web Server
1. Access the Embedded Web Server, see Access the Embedded Web Server on page 18.
2. Go to the Main tab.
3. Select History > Accounting.
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