Managing Firmware

This section describes the method for registering, deleting, and managing firmware.

Displaying the Firmware List

1.
Select the [Data Management] menu > [Firmware].
[Status]
Displays the status of the firmware.
In order to update printer firmware, it is necessary to set the status of the firmware to use for updating to [Released].
The status cannot be set to [Released] when [Firmware Main] is set to [None].
[Stop Release]
The firmware is not released.
[Released]
The firmware is released.
[Firmware Label (Group Name)]
Displays the firmware group name. If you click the firmware group name, the [Firmware Details] page is displayed and you can check the information of the firmware.
[Firmware Version]
Displays the firmware version.
[Update Rule]
Displays the rules used when updating the firmware.
[Firmware Main]
Displays the registration status of the firmware file.
[Additional Set]
Displays the registration status of additional sets.

Registering Firmware

This section describes the procedure for registering printer firmware to this software.
1.
Select the [Data Management] menu > [Firmware].
2.
Click [Register Firmware].
3.
Select the printer firmware to register in [File].
4.
Click [Upload].
5.
In [Update Method], select the firmware update method.
[All]
Updates all files when executing a task to update firmware.
[Updated module only]
Updates only updated files when executing a task to update firmware.
6.
Click [Register].
7.
Confirm the displayed message, and click [Yes].
It may take time to register the firmware. Check the registration status of the firmware after waiting a while.
8.
Set the switch of the registered firmware to [] in the firmware list.
To update printer firmware by executing a task to update firmware, it is necessary to set the status of the firmware registered in this software to [Released] ().

Deleting Firmware

1.
Select the [Data Management] menu > [Firmware].
2.
Click [Delete Firmware].
3.
Select the firmware information to delete in [Firmware Information].
4.
Select the firmware to delete, then click [Delete].
5.
Confirm the displayed message, then click [Yes].