A method and system for providing updated help and solution information at
a printing device is disclosed. According to one aspect, a printing
device is configured to detect a problem relative to the printing device,
to download solution data from a remote server, and display recommended
actions to address the problem. According to another aspect, a printing
device is configured to receive user input through a user interface on
the printing device, and to print instructions for operating the printing
device in response to the user input. According to another aspect, a
printing device is configured to collect statistics that indicate how
many times one or more particular help instructions or particular
recommended actions have been selected or displayed. The printing device
is further configured to provide the statistics to a remote server.