IBM Infoprint 6500-v05, Maintenance Manual

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Loading Through The Serial Or Parallel Port
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Loading Through The Serial Or Parallel Port
1. Download the correct level of microcode from IBM First (page 231).
2. If the printer has an internal ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC), you can optionally load through the ethernet port (page
248), but the recommended to procedure is to load through the parallel port.
If you are loading flash memory through the parallel port, continue with this procedure.
3. Make a printout of all saved configurations. (Refer to the User’s Manual.) Installing new software erases all saved
configurations. You will use these printouts to restore printer configuration.
4. Set the printer power switch to O (off).
5. Unplug the AC power cord from the printer.
6. Disconnect all data input cables from the printer interface.
7. Connect a parallel data printer cable to the LPT1 port or a serial data printer cable to the COM1 port of an IBM-compatible
computer running the PC-DOS, MS-DOS, or Windows (3.1x, 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, or XP) operating system.
NOTE: You can connect the cable to the LPT2 port if the LPT1 port is in use. The load command is different if you use this
port, so make sure you use the LPT2 commands in step 15.
8. Connect the data cable to the appropriate I/O port of the printer.
9. Plug the AC power cord into the printer.
10. Power on the computer.
11. On the printer operator panel, press and hold down the START + EJECT keys. Without releasing the keys, power the
printer on. When you see “B30: STATUS INITIALIZING” on the on the LCD, release the keys.
12. Wait until you see “WAITING FOR DOWNLOAD” on the LCD before doing the next step. This can take up to 30 seconds to
appear, depending on the emulations and interfaces installed in the printer.
13. Start a command prompt session on your computer. (The Start Menu icon is usually labeled MS-DOS Prompt or
Command Prompt .)
14. At the command prompt type:
C:
<Enter>
cd \6500
<Enter> (In other words, change directories to the directory that contains the microcode executable file you
downloaded from IBM First.)
15. To load the file through the LPT1 parallel port on the computer, type the following at the command prompt on the computer:
filename.exe -pb
<Enter>
where
filename.exe is the file you downloaded from IBM First and stored on your computer. This command decompresses
the file on the hard drive and copies it as a binary file into the flash memory on the printer controller board.