HP Designjet Z3100 Photo Printer series - Manual (Page 124)

Get printer accounting information
There are various different ways of getting accounting information from your printer.
● View printer usage statistics for the whole lifetime of the printer, see Check printer usage statistics
on page 114 .
● View ink and paper usage for each of your recent jobs by using HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or
HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) or the front panel, see
Check ink and paper usage for a job
on page 114 . If HP Easy Printer Care or HP Printer Utility is not available, see Access HP Easy Printer
Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) on page 19 .
● 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 HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer
Utility (Mac OS)
1. Access HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS), see Access HP Easy Printer
Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) on page 19 .
2. Go to the Usage window to view the total printer usage.
3. Under Windows, go to the Overview tab and click on the Printer usage link.
Under Mac OS, select Information > Printer Usage and click on the Start button.
Printer statistics with the Embedded Web Server
1. Access the Embedded Web Server, see Access the Embedded Web Server on page 20 .
2. Go to the Main tab.
3. Select History > Usage.
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 HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP
Printer Utility (Mac OS)
1. Access HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS), see Access HP Easy Printer
Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) on page 19 .
2. Go to the Job center window to view information regarding the most recent jobs.
3. Under Windows, go to the Accounting tab.
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