HP Easy Printer Care Software-
overview and features

•  Easily monitor and maintain from one to fifteen HP printers simultaneously, making sure your office runs at peak efficiency.

•  Quickly resolve printing issues through proactive alerts and integrated HP support tools: 

        - HP Proactive Support allows HP to fix problems with HP drivers, software, and device firmware before an end user even knows the problem exists.  Once enabled, the HP Proactive Support software runs in the background and intelligently detects and provides fixes for known issues with HP business printers.
    In many cases, an automated fix is offered to resolve any problems found. If a problem cannot be resolved automatically, specific content is supplied to you to the next appropriate steps.

        - HP Software Update proactively notifies you of driver and software updates so you'll always have the latest version available.

•  Relax with automatic printer discovery. The software automatically discovers supported HP printers in your printers folder, so you can start monitoring printers right away. You also have the flexibility to search your network for additional HP printers.

•  Take the guesswork out of printer usage. Generate simple reports that let you track printing by user, printer, application, time and date, and color and black-and-white pages. It's the perfect tool to use to control costs and determine your company's specific printing needs.

•  Begin simplifying printer management today. You don't have to jump through hoops to get HP Easy Printer Care Software. It's loaded on the in-box CD with newer HP printers and is easy to download for free from http://www.hp.com/go/easyprintercare_software.

•  Track color printing. Color has a definite business advantage when used appropriately. HP Easy Printer Care Software's printer usage reports let you take an active role in protecting and optimizing your investment.

•  Control color printing.  Turn off color printing on any compatible printer with color access control with the use of a single screen showing all color printers on your network. 

•  The Printer Usage Reporting (PUR) tool helps you keep track of how supported networked printers* are being used. Usage information for your printers will be collected and stored on your computer hard drive when you are logged on to your PC.

* Printers capable of delivering printer usage reports are: CLJ 3000, CLJ 3800, CLJ 4700, CLJ 4730 mfp, CLJ CP4005, LJ M3027 mfp, LJ M3035, LJ M4345 mfp, LJ M5025, LJ M5035, CM4730 MFP, CLJ CP3505.

Direct Connect Statement:   All Easy Printer Care (EPC) supported printers can be directly connected to the PC running EPC. For proper communication, the printer software for these printers must be installed from the printer CD or from the printing system found on the printer driver download web site prior to connecting the printer to the PC. This is required so that the appropriate HP printer connection software is installed.

NOTE: For Microsoft Windows Vista, the following printers are installed by connecting the printer to the Vista PC prior to running the printer CD and allowing the printer to be installed automatically via Plug and Play (CLJ CM1015/CM1017, LJ P2015, CLJ 2605, CLJ 2700, LJ M2727nf).