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UPDATING FIRMWARE, FONTS and FEATURES
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UPDATING FIRMWARE, FONTS and FEATURESMost features of the 24/44 and 26/46 printers can be updated through the printer’s communication port. Boca has a customer program found on our website (www.bocasystems.com/news.html ) that allows the customer to send a new firmware version directly to the printer without the need to open up the printer. After updating successfully the printer will reset itself. The printer will display the message Updating code while it is updating the firmware. The printer will display the message Updating fonts while it is updating the fonts. NOTE: If the main program ever gets corrupted to the extent to which it is no longer possible to update the code by normal methods, the printer may be powered up in a special boot code mode to allow the re-installation of the program software. To enter the boot, hold down all three front panel buttons while turning on the printer. The display should say Boot40 - OK. The printer is now ready to accept new code. Additional features may be added on a printer by printer by supplying a unique licensing number in combination with the activation codes. Unique codes are required for each printer to be updated. BOCA offers software that allows the customer to load any true type font available through Windows into the printer. Please note that this program positions the characters in accordance with the Windows font tables. DOS font tables are not directly supported by this program. BOX AND LINE SUPPLEMENTThe box and line commands are very useful in adding a finished appearance to the ticket. The following example shows how a ticket could be formatted using these commands. (NOTE: The following ticket is printed on a 2" wide print head with 200 dpi. 1 CLS:PRINT:PRINT "WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PORTS IS YOUR PRINTER CONNECTED TO?" 2 PRINT:PRINT "1=LPT1:":PRINT "2=LPT2:":PRINT "3=COM1:":PRINT "4=COM2:" 3 PRINT:INPUT "ENTER NUMBER 1-4";PN$:PN=VAL(PN$) 4 IF PN < 1 OR PN > 4 THEN CLS:GOTO 1 5 ON PN GOTO 6,7,8,9 6 OPEN "LPT1:" AS #1:WIDTH #1,255:GOTO 10 7 OPEN "LPT2:" AS #1:WIDTH #1,255:GOTO 10 8 OPEN "COM1:9600,N,8,1,RS,DS60000" AS #1:GOTO 10 9 OPEN "COM2:9600,N,8,1,RS,DS60000" AS #1:GOTO 10 10 CLS
20 PRINT: INPUT "Enter number of tickets to print";N 30 FOR J=1 TO N 40 PRINT#1," 50 PRINT#1," 60 PRINT#1," 70 PRINT#1," 80 PRINT#1," 90 PRINT#1," 100 PRINT#1," 110 PRINT#1," 120 PRINT#1," 130 PRINT#1," 140 PRINT#1," 150 PRINT#1," 160 PRINT#1," 170 PRINT#1," 180 PRINT#1," 190 PRINT#1," 200 PRINT#1," 210 PRINT#1," 220 PRINT#1," 230 PRINT#1," 240 PRINT#1," 250 PRINT#1," 260 PRINT#1," 270 PRINT#1," 280 PRINT#1,"
290 NEXT J 300 END SAMPLE OF TICKET PRODUCED WITH THIS PROGRAM: 
HOST TO PRINTER COMMUNICATION SUPPLEMENTBOCA printers can be used with a variety of Host systems, including IBM PC's or compatibles, Apple computers, mainframes and mini computers like the IBM AS400. They are also used with many different types of terminals, protocol converters, and spoolers. However, some of these devices (particularly the AS400) have a tendency to automatically add unwanted characters to the printer's data stream. If there is any difficulty in interfacing the BOCA to any device, we recommend immediately placing the printer into diagnostic mode (see the diagnostic mode supplement for details) to determine whether or not data is being received. If no data is received, there is a cabling problem between the printer and the transmitting device. If the problem is not in the cabling, the cause is usually extra data being sent from the system hardware to the printer. The best way to overcome this extraneous data is to put the printer into Transparent mode operation using the control panel. Then turn the printer on. From this point on, everything sent to the printer will be ignored until the printer sees a Before sending real data, send a is used for the print command in these situations, as the FF character is sometimes deleted from the data stream by certain computer systems. AS400 AND TERMINAL CONFIGURATIONS: AS400 Device description - 5256 model 2 (dumb ASCII printer). - IBM 5575 type printer The following terminals are known to work with the Boca printer and the AS400.
SOME KNOWN WORKING AS400 CONFIGURATIONS: AS400 -------------------twinax-------------------- TERMINAL ----------------------parallel/serial-----------------------BOCA Device description - 5256 model 2 Setup as 5256 dumb ascii printer Then define - controller,address,port Blank out all setup codes
Device description - 5256 model 2 Running Client Access Software (don't need transparent mode) Then define - controller,address,port Use other non-laser printer option AS400 ---------------------twinax------------------------- PC--------------------------------parallel/serial-------------------BOCA Running Cambridge Software Running Client Access Software (don't need transparent mode) Autoset port as 3812 page printer Host print transform - yes Device description - 5256 Printer Model - Quickwriter 3 IBM 5204-1 Set Windows Print driver to 'Generic Text' Directory: documents documents -> Concept stage documents -> Concept stage documents -> The great global switch-off documents -> Nonprofit grant application documents -> The Truth about the Rwandan Genocide documents -> Annual InStructional unit plan documents -> Chaos equipment included Download 1.07 Mb. Share with your friends:
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