Disk format for HP laserjets?

[Asp]

I've just got a used HP Laserjet 2420. One feature that got me excited is that it has a slot for Compact Flash to be used as persistent storage (fonts, etc).
I put one in but it comes up as "uninitialized".

The printer can't initialize it, the only way I can find is to use HP's JetAdmin software from the host PC. But the only version I can find on HP's site, or anywhere else, is 10.x, the latest, which requires Windows 7 -- and I'm running XP.

So does anyone have an XP version?
Alternatively, does anyone know what disk format HP uses on its laserjets? I assume it would be the same for hard disks or flash.

The card I have is FAT. I could take it out and format it on a PC in whatever format if it's a standard one, like Linux EXT3, etc.
I found a Xerox utility that should be able to load fonts once the disk is recognised.

Edited March 17, 2017 by Asp

[jaclaz]

Google for:
wja72-2305-xp-en.exe

Try here:
ftp://ftp.psu.ac.th/pub/hp/printserver/wja72-2305-xp-en.exe

I believe that around that version they dropped XP support, but maybe there are later versions that are still compatible.

jaclaz

 

[Asp]

Thanks! I had found a ref to "wja72-2305-win.exe" but that only gave dead links. Trying to guess the filename either gave millions of hits or none.

Now I'll see it if it actually does the job....

Edited March 17, 2017 by Asp