EFI E-43A Installation And Service Manual page 88

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YSTEM OFTWARE NSTALLATION
• All fonts on the hard disk drive are deleted when you install system
Fonts:
software. Resident fonts are reinstalled when you reinstall system software. Any customer-
supplied fonts must be reinstalled by the network administrator using Command
WorkStation.
To determine which additional fonts were downloaded to the E-43A, print the Font List
before you install the system software and again after you complete the system software
installation. Any fonts not listed after installation must be reinstalled. For more
information, see Utilities, which is part of the user documentation set.
• The existing Setup configuration is lost when you install system software.
Configuration:
Make sure to use Backup/Restore to create a backup of the system software configuration,
and print a Configuration page before you install system software, so that you can
reconfigure the settings in Setup.
• If the E-43A requires a static IP address (for example, in a non-DHCP
Static IP address:
network environment), be aware that the previous IP address configuration is deleted
when system software is reinstalled. To reconfigure a static IP address (if applicable), work
with the network administrator as described on
• All user documentation files resident on the E-43A are deleted when
User documentation:
you install system software. If user documentation is resident on the E-43A, remind the
site administrator to reinstall the documentation files after you finish installing the system
software.
•
Custom simulation and output profiles:
saved on the hard disk drive are deleted when you install system software. Ask the site
administrator to save a copy of any custom profiles to a CD or network location before
you install software. Make sure to use Backup/Restore to create a backup of the system
software configuration, For more information, see Configuration and Setup, which is part
of the user documentation set.
• Monitor profiles saved to the hard disk drive are deleted when you install
Monitor profiles:
system software. Monitor profiles for the E-43A monitor are automatically reinstalled
when you reinstall Command WorkStation on the system.
•
System software updates:
Software) which may be available for the E-43A and installed from any source (for
example, System Updates (see
customer) are deleted when you install system software.
• When upgrading the system software, make sure that the latest user
Compatibility:
software is installed on all computers that print to the E-43A. Using incompatible versions
of the system software may result in system problems.
•
User software updates:
software on every network computer used to print to the E-43A. User software may be
installed directly on client computers equipped with a DVD drive, or over a network via
the Fiery User Software Installer that resides on the E-43A.
page
Custom simulation and custom output profiles
All updates to system software (Windows OS and Fiery System
page 95), patches provided on CD or downloaded by the
For optimal performance, maintain current versions of the user
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