Loading Printer Firmware Via The Ftp Utility And Printronix Network Interface Card - Printronix SL4M User Manual

Chapter 5
Loading Printer Firmware Via The ftp Utility and Printronix Network Inter-
Loading Printer Firmware Via The ftp Utility and
Printronix Network Interface Card
The file transfer protocol utility, called "ftp" is part of many host computer
operating systems, including Windows (95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP) systems.
Ftp can be used to send files to the Printronix Network Inteface Card (NIC).
The file to be sent to the printer must be present on the host computer, in a
known location. The IP address, user name and password, and print queue
must be known. The IP address depends on the user's network. The NIC has
a default user name of "root" and no password. The print queue name of
d1prn may be used unless it has been changed.
To send a file using ftp on a Windows system, do the following steps.
The phrase <Enter> means to press the Enter key.
1. Verify that the printer is ready to receive data. When loading a file into
flash memory, the printer should be in download mode. For ordinary label
printing, the printer should be Online.
Placing the Printer in Download Mode
a. Turn the printer off and wait for 10 seconds.
b. On the printer control panel, press and hold down the
c. Wait until you see "Status: Firmware Download Mode" on the LCD
2. Open a DOS window, sometimes known as an MS-DOS Prompt or a
Command Prompt.
3. In the DOS window, change to the directory or folder containing the file
that is to be sent.
Verify that the file is present by using the DOS command dir.
4. Start the ftp program by typing ftp <Enter>.
5. Open a session to the NIC IP address by typing
Use the actual NIC IP address.
6. Log in with a user name and password (use defaults for this example).
a. Type root as the default user name and press <Enter>
b. By default, there is no password. Press <Enter>.
If a user name or password is assigned, use them instead.
7. Inform the NIC of the working directory and destination (queue) name.
a. Type cd dest<Enter>
b. Type cd d1prn<Enter>
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(Cancel) keys. Without releasing the keys, power the printer on.
When you see the power-up splash screen on the on the LCD,
release the keys.
before doing the next step. This can take about a minute to appear,
depending on the emulations and interfaces installed in the printer.
open xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx<Enter>
root <Enter><Enter>
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