GEK-99044
Chapter 6. Using the Maintenance Menu
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UPGRADE FLASH
This menu is used to place the printer in a data receiving status for
upgrading the printer with a software upgrade. See Appendix F for
complete upgrade installation instructions.
Use the following procedures to select this option:
Note
Make sure the printer is connected to the host before
proceeding.
1.
While in the
Maintenance
menu, press the
◄
(left) or
►
(right)
menu browse pushbutton until
Upgrade Flash
is displayed in the
lower right corner of the LCD.
2.
Press the
Select
pushbutton to upgrade the printer.
Ready
will be
displayed in the lower left corner of the LCD. (See Appendix F for
the Software Upgrade procedures and additional information.) To
exit this function without upgrading the software, re-cycle the
power to the printer.
RIBBONMONITOR
This menu is used to monitor the life of the printer ribbon. When this
option is enabled, the user can monitor the ribbon life and reset the
ribbon counter using the Operator menu. (See New Ribbon under the
Operator menu.)
Use the following procedures to select this option.
1.
While in the
Maintenance
menu, press the
◄
(left) or
►
(right)
menu browse pushbutton until
RibbonMonitor
is displayed in the
lower right corner of the LCD.
2.
Press the
Select
pushbutton or the
▼
(down) menu browse
pushbutton to access the
RibbonMonitor
options.
3.
Press the
◄
(left) or
►
(right) menu browse pushbutton until the
desired option is displayed in the lower right corner of the LCD.
4.
Press the
Select
pushbutton to enable an option. The
<
symbol
will immediately follow an enabled option.
EOL Limit
and
EOL
Warning
are user set options.
Use the following procedures to select these options:
!
Press the
Select
pushbutton while
EOL Limit
or
EOL Warning
is
displayed in the lower right corner of the LCD. These options are
user set. Notice the cursor (underline) is now shown under the
first digit. The horizontal
◄
►
(left or right) menu browse
pushbuttons to position the cursor (underline) under the digit to
be changed; the vertical
▲
▼
(up or down) menu browse
pushbutton increment/decrement the selected digit by one.
!
Press the
Clear
pushbutton
after
all changes are complete
and
the desired value is displayed in the lower right corner of the
LCD. When the printer is online, the LCD window will display the
EOL value remaining for monitoring purposes.
Maintenance
Upgrade Flash
Upgrade Status:
Ready
Maintenance
Ribbon Monitor
RibbonMonitor
Disable<
EOL Limit
000M