Saving The Printer's Configuration To The Qcmc - Printronix P8000 Series Administrator's Manual

Saving the Printer's Configuration to the QCMC

NOTE: The MAC address residing on the QCMC will be used in place of the MAC assigned to the
printer's own network card whenever the QCMC is installed. If you do not want to identify the
printer with this MAC address, make sure the QCMC is removed from the printer before attaching
the printer to the network.
When the printer software detects the presence of a QCMC at power-up, a check of the QCMC will be
performed to determine if there is already a saved flash image available. If no printer flash image exists
on the QCMC, the software will then check to see if there are any saved configurations in the printer's
NVRAM memory. If the QCMC is blank (no flash image) and saved configurations are detected in the
printer's NVRAM then you will be prompted with a message on the front panel to save the printer's
configuration to the QCMC.
QMC DETECTED
Save to QCMC?
Continue Press <ENTER>
Skip Press <CANCEL>
NOTE: This screen will appear every time at power-up until the printer's flash is saved to the QCMC.
If the <CANCEL> key is pressed, the printer will reboot into normal operation and not save any
information to the QCMC. On subsequent power-ups the Save message on page 311 will display again.
When the <ENTER> key is pressed, the printer will not go online, but instead will copy the printer's entire
flash image to the QCMC, creating a snapshot of the printer's memory.
Below is a list of items that will be saved to the QCMC:
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Printer Program File (software)
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Custom configurations (1–8)
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Feature files or CST's that have been downloaded on the printer.
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All variable settings from the printer's NVRAM
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Network settings (if LAN/WLAN is installed), including IP Address
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Other user files, such as fonts, bitmaps, or graphics files downloaded to the printer.
While the printer is saving its QCMC settings to the SD card, the following message will display. Do not
interrupt the process.
DO NOT PWR OFF
Saving Setup
To QCMC...
Upon successful completion of saving a flash image to the QCMC, the printer will display a message
indicating the operation is complete. The printer will then reboot into normal operation.
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