Overview tab
Contains basic status information for the printer.
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| Devices list: Shows the printers that you can select.
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| Device Status section: Shows printer status information. This section will indicate printer alert conditions, such as an empty print cartridge. It also shows device-identification information, control-panel messages, and print-cartridge levels. After you correct a problem with the printer, click the  button to update the section.
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| Supplies Status section: Shows detailed supplies status, such as the percentage of toner remaining in the print cartridges and the status of the media that is loaded in each tray.
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| Supplies Details link: Opens the supplies status page to view more detailed information about printer supplies, ordering information, and recycling information.
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Support tab
Provides help information and links.
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| Provides device information, including alerts for items needing attention.
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| Provides links to troubleshooting information and tools.
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| Provides links to the HP Web site for registration, support, and for ordering supplies.
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If you use a dial-up connection and did not connect to the Internet when you first opened the HP Easy Printer Care Software, you must connect before you can visit these Web sites.
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Supplies Ordering window
Provides access to online or e-mail supplies ordering.
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| Ordering list: Shows the supplies that you can order for each printer. If you want to order a certain item, click the Order check box for that item in the supplies list.
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| Shop Online for Supplies button: Opens the HP supplies Web site in a new browser window. If you have checked the Order check box for any items, the information about those items can be transferred to the Web site.
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| Print Shopping List button: Prints the information for the supplies that have the Order check box selected.
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| Email Shopping List button: Creates a text list of items that have the Order check box selected. The list can be copied into an e-mail message that you send to your supplier.
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Alert Settings window
Allows you to configure the printer to automatically notify you of printer issues.
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| Alerts on or off: Activates or deactivates the alerts feature for a certain printer.
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| When alerts appear: Sets when you want alerts to appear—either when you are printing to that particular printer, or anytime there is a printer event.
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| Alert event type: Sets whether you want alerts for only critical errors, or for any error, including continuable errors.
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| Notification type: Sets what type of alert should appear (pop-up message or system tray alert, and e-mail message).
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Device List tab
Shows information about each printer in the Devices list.
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| Printer information, including printer name, make, and model
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| An icon (if the View as drop-down box is set to Tiles, which is the default setting)
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| Any current alerts for the printer
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If you click a printer in the list, the HP Easy Printer Care Software opens the Overview tab for that printer.
Device List tab information includes the following:
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Find Other Printers window
Allows you to add more printers to your printer list.
| Clicking the Find Other Printers link in the Devices list opens the Find Other Printers window. The Find Other Printers window provides a utility that detects other network printers so that you can add them to the Devices list and then monitor those printers from your computer.
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