B. Printer Control Board Firmware Download Method - Sharp AR-M256 Service Manual

6) When downloading copier program, expand "Special(Copier)",
and double-click on "All Data areas Download".
When downloading Fax program, Expand "FAX" and double click
on "Program Data Area Download".
7) Select download file(*.dat), and press "Open" button.
8) Download procedure starts automatically.
9) Notice message "Download is complete. Check the copier panel
to make sure the download is complete." will appear on PC.
10) Close the maintenance program, and turn off the copier. Turn on
the copier again after pulling the plug.
This is the end of download procedure.
AR-M256/M257/M258/M316/M317/M318/5625/5631 OTHERS 11 - 2
∗ It is possible that download process somehow went wrong if the
copier does not start up properly. In that case, start up the copier
and maintenance program in download mode by repeating the step
1)-5) again. And then, Expand "Special", and double-click on "Con-
firm Error Status". If any of the message besides "No error has been
occurred" appears, it means that download is incomplete, so please
try again.

B. Printer Control Board firmware download method

Please follow the procedure below:
1) Make sure copier is turned off, and connect PC and Printer Control
board of the copier by parallel cable beforehand.
∗ Note: It is okay to use serial cable instead.
2) Turn on the copier.
3) Start up in copier test command mode, and execute Sim67-14
"FLASHDOWNLOAD".
4) And then, press OK key when notice message "PRESS OK KEY"
appears on the panel. Another message "Please Send Data" will
appear after a while.
5) Start up the maintenance program on PC. Select model name
"AR-M256/M257/M258/M316/M317/M318/5625/5631 Series" from
the model selection dialogue box.
6) Expand "Printer Control Board", and double-click on "Printer Con-
trol Board Firmware Download".
Double click it.
7) Dialog box will appear to select download file.
8) Select Download file(*.sfu) and press "Open" button.
9) Download procedure will starts automatically.
10) Notice message "Data Send Complete" will appear on PC.
11) Notice message "Download is complete. Check the copier panel
to make sure the download is complete." will appear on PC.
12) Close maintenance program, and reset the machine by pressing
CA key.
This is the end of the download procedure.