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echnical
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ulletin
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Reissued: 20-Jul-12
Model:
Model Al-P1
Date:
21-Apr-08
No
.: RG179009g
RTB Reissue
The items in bold italics have been corrected or added.
Subject:
Firmware Release Note: Option IPDS
Prepared
by:
T. Hirakawa
From:
1st Tech Service Sect., MFP/Printer Tech Service Dept
Classification:
Troubleshooting
Mechanical
Paper path
Part information
Electrical
Transmit/receive
Action required
Service manual revision
Retrofit information
Other (
)
Tier 2
This RTB has been issued to announce the firmware release information for the
Option
IPDS.
Version
Program No.
Effective Date
Availability of RFU
4.746 M3455910D September
2010
production Available
4.744
M3455910C
December 2009 production
Available
4.739
M3455910B
August 2009 production
Available
4.732 M3455910A September
2008
production Available
4.731
M3455910
1st Mass production
Available
Note: Definition of Availability of RFU via @Remote
“Available” The firmware can be updated via RFU or SD card.
“Not available”: The firmware can only be updated via SD card.
Version
Modified Points or Symptom Corrected
4.746 Symptom
corrected:
1. Duplex IPDS jobs are printed simplex if the Printer is powered up while a tray is
open. Specifically, the tray that is open during power up must be the one
specified in the Duplex IPDS job.
2. Gray patterns consisting of hatching might not be shown in the printout. Instead
the gray pattern was just a black box.
3. If a host prematurely terminates an IPDS session with the Printer, subsequent
IPDS jobs cannot be printed. The data-in LED will just blink. Though any pre-
mature termination of an IPDS session could cause the problem, testing has
shown that the problem was most likely to occur if the IPDS session was
terminated mid-job.
4. The IPDS printing process does not terminate correctly. The device would then
stall if a job of another PDL was submitted.
4.744
Symptom corrected:
1. Any font that is not in CFF "Compact Font Format", will not be printed in IPDS
jobs.
2. If the machine jams while printing the IPDS font list, it can be made to stall by
either of the following operations:
-
Try to print the IPDS font list again.
-
Try to print any IPDS job.
Other changes:
The following functions are now supported.