Chapter 3. Suremark Installation, Service, And Utility Software; Software Adjustments (Models Ti1, Ti2, Ti3, Ti4, Ti8, Tg3, And Tg4); Using Ibm Point-Of-Sale Device Diagnostics - IBM 4610-TM6 - SureMark Printer TM6 Two-color Thermal Transfer User Manual

August 24, 2004

Chapter 3. SureMark installation, service, and utility software

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Software adjustments (Models TI1, TI2, TI3, TI4, TI8, TG3, and TG4)

Using IBM Point-of-Sale device diagnostics

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Software adjustments (Models TI1, TI2, TI3, TI4, TI8, TG3, and TG4) . . . . . 35
Using IBM Point-of-Sale device diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the reference/service diskettes (RS-485 or RS-232 printers) . . . . . 36
4610 Fonts and Logos utility diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Proportional font conversion utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Firmware update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using a firmware update diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using POSS for Windows to update SureMark printer firmware (RS-485 and
USB only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
IBM Point-of-Sale device diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Updating SureMark firmware using temporary RS-232 attachment . . . . . 40
Limitation on updating firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Emulating the IBM Model 3 or Model 4 printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Enabling emulation using utility diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Limitations for emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Printing saved data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Printing buffer data - thermal/impact printers . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Printing buffer data - single-station printers . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Emulating an Epson single-station printer (single-station only)
Enabling Epson emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Limitations for Epson emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
MICR data parser sample code (Models TI2, TI4, TI8, and TG4 only) . . . . . 44
Resources on the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
This chapter describes how to make software adjustments using either the IBM
Point-of-Sale Device Diagnostics (POSS for Windows, RS-485 and USB only) or
diskettes and other resources that are available from the Retail Store Solutions
Web site. See "Resources on the Internet" on page 44 for more information.
Depending on your operating system, you can use the following to make software
adjustments to the impact (document insert) station of a SureMark printer:
v IBM POS Device Diagnostics
v Reference/service diskettes
This utility is for RS-485 and USB only.
1. Start the IBM Point-of-Sale Device Diagnostics application from the Windows
Start menu.
2. Click 4610 Printer.
3. Click Device Utility.
4. Select the appropriate tab for the desired adjustment (see Table 2 on page 36).
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