Firmware Downloader Program: Updating Your Printer

Updating Your Printer
Firmware Downloader Program

Introduction This guide tells how to move a firmware downloader program to your system, and use
the downloader to update your printer's firmware. Before updating the firmware in your
printer, note your printer's settings and have a backup of any downloaded fonts, forms
and graphics.
Compatibility The firmware downloader is compatible with Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0 and 2000
operating systems. If your computer has MS-DOS or an equivalent operating system,

see Copying the New Firmware to Your Printer at the end of this instruction sheet.
Find the Before updating your firmware, you must move the firmware downloader program to
Downloader your computer. Select the Start menu, then Run..., then Browse. Select the executable
Program setup file.
Find the executable file
on the provided CD.
Select OK and the Install

Wizard moves the firmware
downloader program to your
computer.
Running the After setting up the firmware downloader program, the computer starts the program and
Firmware prompts you to select a printer and a port.
Downloader
Program You may choose to perform this task later and select Exit. Then, when you decide to run
the firmware downloader program, select Start, then Programs, then Firmware
Downloader, then Firmware Downloader.
Select a port and if necessary,

select Connect to change the
serial interface settings.
Browsing for the After choosing your printer and port, select Download. The program will allow you to
Firmware find the file that contains the version of the firmware appropriate for your printer.
Find the firmware file
on the provided CD.
Copying the New If you have a computer operating system that prohibits the use of the firmware
Firmware to Your downloader program, than you can copy the firmware to your printer by using the
Printer MS-DOS or an equivalent binary copy command:
copy/b filename port:
where filename is the name of the firmware file and port: is the communication interface
that attaches to the printer.
Make sure your printer and computer are compatible in their port settings. If you need to
configure a serial port, you can either use the MS-DOS or an equivalent mode command; or use the EPL2 Y command (see Setting Up the Serial Port on the next page).
Checking Your Run your printer's AutoSense routine to get a dump mode printout. This action tests the
Firmware Update printer's media drive, printing capabilities and prints the current printer configuration.
Check the printout for the
current version of the firmware you loaded.
4 MO3351F 16 V3.21
Serial port : 96,N,8,1
Image buffer size:245K
Fmem:000,0K,019.9K avl
Gmem:000K,0241K avl
Emem:000K,0241K avl
I8,0,001 rY
S2 D10 R016,000 ZT UN
q800 Q1029,025
Option:
04 08 13
now in DUMP
Setting Up the To send commands and data to the printer, the hosts serial port parameters must match
Serial Port the printers serial port parameters. Verify the printers configuration settings with the
AutoSense/Dump Mode Printout.
The typical EPL2 printers default serial port parameters are:

9600 baud, No Parity, 8 Data Bits, 1 Stop Bit
Change the printers serial port parameters with the Y command after communication
has been established with the host. The host parameters must then be changed to resume communication.
The Y command establishes the serial port communcation parameters where the syntax
is Yp1,p2,p3,p4 and the parameters are as follows:
p1 =Baud rate values:
p1
Description
38
38,400 baud (38K)
19
19,200 baud
96
9,600 baud
48
4,800 baud
24
2,400 baud
12
1,200 baud
p2 = Parity values:
O=
E =
N=
Odd parity
Even parity
No parity.
p3 = Data bits values:
7 =
8 =
Seven data bits

Eight data bits
p4 = Stop bits values:
1 =
2 =
One stop bit

Two stop bits.
After receiving this command, the printer will automatically reset enabling the new rate.
Example: Y19,O,7,1
980361-001 Rev. A
sets 19,200 baud, odd parity, 7 data bits and 1 stop bit
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operating systems. If your computer has MS-DOS or an equivalent operating system,

Select OK and the Install

Select a port and if necessary,

The typical EPL2 printers default serial port parameters are:

38,400 baud (38K)

p3 = Data bits values:

Seven data bits

p4 = Stop bits values:

One stop bit

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