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05-29-2011 08:19 AM
What is the HP Digital Imaging Monitor? Does it apply to my OS, Windows 7? I want to delete the icon from the task tray (tool bar in lower right hand corner of screen) as I never use it.
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10-29-2013 04:05 PM
05-30-2011 06:11 AM
Hi,
Digital imaging monitor is a part of the HP software that communicates with your HP printer. This program enables you to read the inklevels, get an out of paper message, scan from the unit to the comuter and so on. Its not neccesary, but it will limit the printers use if you remove it.
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10-29-2013 04:05 PM
09-29-2016 10:28 AM
It's great to know what this is...but now that I know I need to ask a much more important question: When my Windows 10 computer is idle, why is this program (HP Digital Imaging Monitor) using more CPU resource than any other process running in my computer? It's routinely running at 2% to 3% of the CPU when I am doing absolutely nothing. Some people may think this is a small portion of the system, but once I start doing work it's still using the same 2% to 3% of my system.
I see no reason why this should be doing so much work inside my system when I'm not doing anything -- especially doing nothing with any type of connection to the printer.
Can't you slow down it's querying of the printer's information? It doesn't need to check ink levels everything millisecond or two!
Thanks!
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