Firmware Upgrade; Firmware And Fonts - Intermec EasyCoder E4 Programmer's Reference Manual

Chapter 10

Firmware Upgrade

1. Firmware and Fonts

CAUTION!
Do not switch off the printer
until the upgrading is completed
and the Power LED shines green!
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/. This chapter refers to cards
containing fonts which will
be loaded into the printer's
fl ash memory. Font cartridges
which are permanently fi tted
in the printer are not cov-
ered.
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/. You cannot save your set-
tings to a text fi le and use
it later when you upgrade
fonts, since all your fi les are
lost and the printer settings
are reset to factory defaults
during the upgrade. This
does not apply to upgrading
of the fi rmware.
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Firmware and resident fonts can be upgraded using one or
two PCMCIA cards, which may contain either printer fi rmware
updates or fonts
1 Print out a test label, which will contain all your printer
settings as these will be lost during a font upgrade
2 Switch off the printer.
3 Insert the card in either slot with its top facing the ON/OFF
switch.
4 Switch on the printer. The data on the card is copied to the
printer's fl ash memory.
The Power LED should go through the following sequence,
which takes about 30 seconds..
- Flash amber
- Continuous amber
- Flash amber
- Continuous amber
- Green
5 Switch off the printer.
6 Remove the card.
7 Insert the next card, if necessary, and repeat steps 4-6.
8 Switch on the printer.
9 Enter the settings shown on the test label you printed earlier
(see Chapter 6.9).
10 Reset the printhead resistance setting using the command:
?HEAD(-1)
Upgrading of fonts resets all setup parameters, the kilometer
counter, the head resistance and the instructions LTS& ON|OFF,
FORMAT INPUT, and PRINTKEY ON|OFF. The same applies
to a fi rmware upgrade to a higher version number, for example
v2.01 –> v2.10.
Another way to obtain a similar result is to perform a RESET,
that is, holding down the <Feed> button for three seconds after
printing a test label. However, in this case the kilometer counter
and the head resistance are not reset.
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. In either case, use the following procedure:
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