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Downloading Software Through The USB Port
Downloading Software Through The USB Port
Normally the host communicates with the printer’s USB port with a Windows
driver. The Windows driver cannot be used to transfer a program file to the
printer.
To download software through the USB Port, perform the following steps:
1.
Using Windows Explorer, create a directory named
download
at the root
level of your C: hard drive (
C:\download
).
2.
Insert the printer emulation software CD into your computer’s CD drive.
3.
Select the emulation set you want to download into the printer. The
filename is a six digit number plus
.exe
. For example: 123456.exe
This file contains the file you will download into the printer.
4.
Copy the file to the
download
directory you created in step 1.
5.
Make the printer sharable on the host PC. This is done through the
printer’s Properties\Sharing tab. Make note of the printer’s shared name.
6.
Start a command prompt session. (The Start Menu icon is usually labeled
Command Prompt
or
MS-DOS Prompt
.)
7.
At the command prompt type:
C: <Enter>
cd \download<Enter>
8.
Extract the downloaded file by typing the filename of the .exe file.
Example: For 123456.exe, the extracted file will be the same name as the
.exe file but with a .prg extension. 123456.prg is the file you will download
into the printer.
9.
At the command prompt type:
NET USE LPT1\\
Comp_Name
\
Shared_Name
/Persistent:YES
<Enter>
where
Comp_Name
is the computer name found in the computer’s
System Properties\Computer Name tab and
Shared_Name
is the printer’s
shared name found in the printer’s Properties\Sharing tab.
This command should be all on the same line. It redirects output on LPT1
to the shared printer.
10. To check status of connection type:
Net View \\
Comp_Name
<Enter>
where
Comp_Name
is the computer name found in the computer’s
System Properties\Computer Name tab.
Now the printer is ready.
11. To use the COPY command to send the program file to the printer type:
COPY /b
filename
.prg lpt1:
<Enter>
where
filename
.prg is the file name you noted in step 3.
12. To stop using LPT1 for USB, type:
NET USE LPT1 /DELETE
<Enter>