Chapter 3. Suremark Installation, Service, And Utility Software - IBM SUREMARK TF6 User Manual

Updated April 2, 2009

Chapter 3. SureMark installation, service, and utility software

Software adjustments (Models TI1, TI2, TI3, TI4, TI8, TI9, TG3, TG4, TG8, and
4610 fonts and logos utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Proportional font conversion utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Firmware update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Emulating the IBM Model 3 or Model 4 printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Emulating an Epson single-station printer (single-station only)
MICR data parser sample code (Models TI2, TI4, TI8, TI9, TG4, TG8, and TG9
Resources on the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
This chapter describes how to make software adjustments using either the IBM
Diagnostics for POS Systems and Peripherals (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.
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TG9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Offline configurations for Models TI8, TI9, TG8, TG9 . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the IBM Diagnostics for the POS Systems and Peripherals (all models
except Models TI1 and TI2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the reference/service diskettes (Models TI1 and TI2)
Utility diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
IBM Diagnostics for POS Systems and Peripherals package (all models
except TI1 and TI2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using a firmware update diskette (Models TI1 and TI2 only) . . . . . . . 38
Using POSS for Windows to update SureMark printer firmware (RS-485 and
USB only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using JavaPOS for Windows to update SureMark printer firmware (EIA-232,
RS-485, and USB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Automatic update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Command line utility (AipFlash46s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Updating SureMark firmware using temporary EIA-232 attachment . . . . . 40
Limitation on updating firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Limitations for emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Printing saved data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Printing buffer data on thermal/impact printers . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Printing buffer data on single-station printers . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Enabling Epson emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Limitations for Epson emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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