This chapter is only applicable to BarDIMM Pro on USB stick for HP printers. For the BarDIMM Box, please refer to the next chapter.
• You must define a Local Administrator Password on the printer embedded web page to allow BarDIMM to be installed (any password will make it).
Verify the BarDIMM Pro part # you are installing is compatible with your printer model.
The list of models and BarDIMM Pro part number is available here together with the release notes related to the HP firmware compatibility.
HP LaserJet printers released after the 1st of August 2022 are not supplied with the USB slot needed to connect third party solutions delivered on Plug&Play USB sticks. They support BarDIMM Pro part numbers JM30100Y and JM300100Z.
There are two solutions to install the BarDIMM Pro USB stick in those devices:
1. Purchase the optional HP Internal USB expansion kit 4XN67A adding two-Internal USB-C Ports for Solutions and order the BarDIMM Pro part number JM30100Y (in USB-C stick form factor)
2. BarDIMM Pro part number JM30100Z (USB-A form factor) can be installed inside the printer formatter after unplugging the USB cable that goes to the printer/MFP walkup USB plug (note that disables the external USB walkup port).
HP LaserJet printers released after Jan 1st 2021 and with ‘4’ as their first digit (i.e. LaserJet M480ef) only have 1 or 2 external USB ports, no internal port. They support BarDIMM Pro part number JM30100Z.
HP LaserJet printers released between the 1st of January 2015 and the 1st of January 2021 are not supplied with the USB slot needed to connect third party solutions delivered on Plug&Play USB sticks. They support BarDIMM Pro part number JM30100F and JM30100X.
There are two solutions for those devices:
1. Purchase the HP optional kit B5L28A adding two-Internal USB Ports for Solutions
2. Purchase the BarDIMM Pro part number JM30100X, it is the JM30100F plus a set of special cables that allows to connect the BarDIMM USB stick to the printer controller board using a micro USB connector.
Older HP LaserJet printers have from two to four USB-A connectors, the BarDIMM Pro USB stick can be installed in any of these slots.
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