HP (Hewlett-Packard) 2430 Printer User Manual


 
Windows 98 or Windows Me
1 From a command prompt or in an MS-DOS window, type:
Mode lpt1:,,p
NOTE If the product is attached to a parallel port other than LPT1, then substitute the
correct LPT port number in the mode command.
2 Press Enter on the keyboard. The response you receive should be similar to these examples:
> LPT1 Not Rerouted
> Resident portion of MODE loaded
> Infinite retry on parallel printer time-out
3
At a command prompt, type copy /b <FILENAME> <PORTNAME>, where <FILENAME> is the
name of the .RFU file (including the path) and <PORTNAME> is the name of the appropriate
product port (such as LPT1). For example, type C:\>copy /b c:\2410fw.rfu lpt1
NOTE If the file name or path includes a space, you must enclose the file name or path
in quotation marks. For example, type C:\>copy /b "c:\My Documents\2410fw.rfu"
lpt1
4 Press Enter on the keyboard. The messages that are described in Printer messages during the
firmware update appear on the control panel.
NOTE The product automatically restarts the firmware to activate the update. At the end
of the update process, the READY message appears on the control panel.
5 Print a configuration page and verify that the firmware revision number matches the revision of
the current update.
6
Type exit at the command prompt to close the command window.
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