Table Of Contents

1 Introduction ..........................................................17

About This Manual ......................................................... ...... ....... ...... .... 17
Warnings, Cautions, And Notes ....................................................... 17
Printing Conventions Used In This Manual ...................................... 17
Related Documents......................................................... .................18
Printer Overview............................ ........................................................1 9
The Printronix P5000LJ Series Printer Family ................................. 19
Taking Care Of Your Printer...................................... .......................21
Standard Features ............................................. ..............................21
Graphics Options ............................................... ..............................23
Protocols And Emulations ................................................................ 23
Line Matrix Printing ...................................... ....................................24
Printing Speed.................................................... ..............................25
Network Interface Card (NIC)............... .................................................26
What Special Features Are Available?...................... .......................26
NIC.................. ................................................................................. 27

2 Downloading Function Code In

P5000LJ Series Printers ...................................... 29

Introduction.............................................................. ..............................29
Downloading In A Nutshell ............................................................... 29
Preparation For Downloading........................................................... 30
Copying Function Code To Your Computer .......................................... 31
Loading Function Code To Flash Memory In The Printer .... .................32
Installing Printer Emulations................. .................................................32
Downloading Software Through the Serial
or Parallel Port ............................................. ....................................33
Downloading Software Through the
Network Interface Card (NIC).......................................... .................37
Downloading Optional Font Files to Flash Memory.......................... 39