Printronix P5000LJ user manual Copying Function Code To Your Computer

Preparation For Downloading

Table 4. P5000LJ Series Printers Function Code Chart

		Control Panel Displays:	Download	Download		Minimum
	Description		File (as		Flash/DRAM
		(Emulation in Use)		Method
			shipped)			Required
	If Serial or Parallel Connected
	Printers using	ONLINE-PARL / PCL II* (or)	xxxxxx.exe	Parallel or	4	MB Flash
	PCL-II emulation	ONLINE-PARL / LP PLUS*	(Note 2)	Serial Port	4	MB DRAM
	Printers using	ONLINE-PARL / PCL II / VGL*	xxxxxx.exe	Parallel or	4	MB Flash
	VGL emulation		(Note 2)	Serial Port	4	MB DRAM
	Printers using	ONLINE-PARL/LP PLUS/PGL*	xxxxxx.exe	Parallel or	4	MB Flash
	PGL emulation		(Note 2)	Serial Port	4	MB DRAM
	If Network Connected
	Printers using	ONLINE-ETHERNET / PCL II (or)	xxxxxx.exe	Via Network	4	MB Flash
	PCL-II emulation	ONLINE-ETHERNET / LP+	(Note 2)	(Note 1)	4 MB DRAM
	Printers using	ONLINE-ETHERNET / LP+ (or)	xxxxxx.exe	Via Network	4	MB Flash
	VGL emulation	ONLINE-E-NET / CODE V / PCL	(Note 2)	(Note 1)	4 MB DRAM
	Printers using	ONLINE-ETHERNET/PGL/LP+ (or)	xxxxxx.exe	Via Network	4	MB Flash
	PGL emulation	ONLINE-ETHERNET/PCL-II	(Note 2)	(Note 1)	4 MB DRAM
		NOTES
*	ONLINE - SERL / PCL II or ONLINE - SERL / LP PLUS if serial port is the selected host interface
1	If the internal network card is not installed or was removed, download via the parallel or serial port. If the printer
	Function Code is downloaded with the NIC removed, or a NIC card is added to the printer after downloading, the
	Ethernet port will not function with RMS. In this case, do the following:
	1. Press the up/down/right/left arrow keys simultaneously. Printer displays “FACTORY / Printer Management.”
	2. Press the down arrow key. Printer displays “Diagnostic Port.”
	3. Press the down arrow key. Printer displays “Debug Serial.”
	4. Press the right arrow key. Printer displays “Debug Ethernet.”
	5. Press ENTER. Printer displays “Debug Ethernet*.” Press ONLINE to exit.
2	Check with Technical Support, (Customer Service Center) to confirm the latest available Function Code
	download file.

Copying Function Code To Your Computer

In order to download function code to a printer if using a serial or parallel port, the function code file must reside in a PC or laptop computer running any of the following operating systems: MS-DOS® , PC-DOS™, or DOS session on Windows 95/98, Windows NT or Windows 2000.

Note that the downloaded file, xxxxxx.exe, is a compressed executable file.

Leave the file as it is. Do not try to execute the file.

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