Recovery File - Printronix L1524 Software Manual

Chapter 3 File Download

Recovery File

Whenever a printer downloads a program (firmware) file, the configurations
and flash memory are erased. You can choose to restore the configurations
and/or flash memory, but if during the download the power interrupts or the
connection severs, the files will be lost and will not restore.
The remote management software makes a recovery file of the configurations
and flash memory before they are erased. The recovery file is located in the
remote management software installation directory.
If a download fails, the Status and Error Log will display the location of the
recovery file. The file is named after the printer name in the printer database,
followed by a .par extension (printer archive).
The .par file is a compressed zip file, and can be opened by any program that
can uncompress zip files.
The .par archive contains the configuration file, which is named after the
name of the printer in the printer database. The archive also contains the flash
files, which are named exactly as they appeared in the flash memory.
Once you uncompress the .par file, you can add the uncompressed files to
the printer database and download them using File Download to restore the
printer.
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