Printronix L1524, Setup Manual

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3–54 Configuring the Printer
Downloading into Flash Memory
IMPORTANT
When downloading an emulation to the printer, all other optional font
files, customer-supplied logos, and setup files will be erased. You will
then need to reload these files. Before starting a download procedure,
be sure that you have all of the necessary installation files on hand.
CAUTION
Do not interrupt the downloading process. Interrupting a download will
damage the flash memory on the controller board and the PrintNet
card.
To download emulation software, as well as downloadable files for logos, forms,
TIFF, setup, and fonts to the printer, do the following:
1. If you plan to download any logo, form, TIFF, setup, or font files into the
printer, you must first use the supplied
CNVT2FLS
DOS utility program to
convert these files into downloadable format. See the last section, “The
CNVT2FLS
utility program.” (Emulation files require no conversion.)
2. If you are using the PrintNet Ethernet interface, refer to the
Printnet
User’s Manual for download instructions.
3. Take the printer offline by pressing the ON LINE key. Press the UP +
DOWN keys (or the combination selected by the user) simultaneously to
unlock the ENTER key.
4. Make a printout of
all saved configurations. (Installing new software
erases all saved configurations. You will use the printouts later to restore
the printer configuration.)
NOTE: Loading flash memory does not affect the page count or other data
stored in NVRAM.
5. Set the printer power switch to O (off).
6. If the printer is already connected to the parallel port of an
IBM-compatible computer that is using the PC-DOS
t
or MS-DOS
®
operating system, skip to step 12. If not, continue with step 7.
7. Unplug the printer AC power plug from its electrical outlet.