Upgrading The Printer Firmware - Intermec PB42 User Manual

To download fonts, graphics and upgrades using the .cab file
1 Download the PB42/PB42c font, graphics, or firmware
upgrade .zip file from the Intermec web site to your desktop
PC.
2 Unzip the file on your desktop PC.
3 Use an application such as ActiveSync™ to copy the .cab file
onto the root directory of your handheld computer.
4 Double-click the .cab file on your handheld computer.
To download fonts, graphics, and upgrades using SmartSystems
1 Download the PB42/PB42c fonts, graphics, or firmware
upgrade .exe file from the Intermec web site to your desktop
PC.
2 Double-click the .exe file on your desktop PC. The file
automatically extracts and installs the files in the Software
Vault section of the SmartSystems Console.
3 Drag and drop the files from the Software Vault onto the
handheld computers. The files will then be sent directly to the
PB42/PB42c from the handheld computer.

Upgrading the Printer Firmware

You can download firmware to your PB42/PB42c from the
CK60 or 700. To upgrade your firmware, you need to send a
.upg file to the PB42/PB42c that follows this format:
PB42cfxxxx_mmddyy.upg
where:
xxxx is the firmware version number.
mm is the month of the firmware release.
dd is the day of the firmware release.
yy is the last two digits of the year of the firmware release.
To load new firmware
1 On the CK60 or 700, go to My Device > Program Files >
Intermec and start FWUpgrade.
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