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Chapter 1 Installing Printer Emulations
• Font Typefaces. Also referred to as print modes. The five typefaces
include Near Letter Quality (NLQ), Data Processing (DP), High Speed
(HS), OCR A, and OCR B.
• Character Sets. Fifty-one character sets are available. You can print the
character sets in the different print modes.
• Bar codes. Several bar codes are available: Code 3 of 9, Industrial 2 of 5,
Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC A, EAN 8, EAN 13, UCC 128, and Codabar.
• Expanded/Oversize print modes.
• Forms Positioning. Several commands are available to set print position
(relative or absolute).
Installing Printer Emulations
Printer emulation software is stored in flash memory. Flash memory is
contained in single in-line memory modules (SIMMs) located on the controller
board. Printer emulation and operating system software are loaded into flash
memory at the factory, but you will install software in some situations:
• A printer software upgrade is installed
• The printer controller board has been replaced
• The flash memory SIMM has been replaced
Emulation and operating system software are stored on a CD. You will copy
the appropriate file to your computer’s hard disk, then download that file to the
printer. You can load software through the serial, parallel, or Ethernet NIC
port of the printer.
NOTE: If the NIC is installed, you must download the code through the NIC
port using ftp.
NOTE: Each printer type, line matrix, laser, and thermal, has its own CD with
the specific file types for that printer. Be sure to use the appropriate
CD for your printer type when downloading software.
IMPORTANT
When downloading emulation and operating system software to the
printer, all other optional font files, customer-supplied logos, setup files,
and TIFF files will be erased. You will then need to reload those files.
Before starting a download procedure, be sure that you have all the
necessary files on hand.
• Serial or Parallel Port: If you are going to load memory through the
serial or parallel port of the printer, see “Downloading Software Through
the Serial or Parallel Port” on page 11. The load commands are different,
depending on the printer port you use. These differences are explained in
the note following step 22., page 13.
• NIC: If the printer has the NIC installed, see “Downloading Software
Through the Network Interface Card (NIC)” on page 14.
• Font Files: If you need to load optional font files, see “Downloading
Optional Font Files to Flash Memory” on page 16.