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•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••• READ ME FIRST •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • Color LaserWriter Service Utility • You must use the Color LaserWriter Service Utility before you replace the DC controller board in the Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS. The utility creates a file containing the parameter settings stored in the EEPROM on the existing controller board. You must then replace the controller board and transfer the settings from the file to the EEPROM on the new controller board. ________________________________________________________________ Running the Utility When launched, the application will look to see if a printer is connected to either the Printer or the Modem port. After successfully connecting to a printer the utility will check for the presence of the Parameters Settings file (in the same directory as the application). The Write File button will be dimmed. Click the "Create File" button to copy the current parameter settings to the Parameter Settings File. Then once the new DC Controller is installed, click the "Write File" button to transfer the previously copied settings back to the printer. ________________________________________________________________ Error Dialogs If it cannot find a printer it will put up the following dialog: "Unable to connect to a Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS. Please check: • That the cable is attached to the service connector on the LaserWriter • That the cable is plugged into a Serial Port on this Macintosh • That the LaserWriter power switch is on. Note: If using the Printer Port, you must have AppleTalk disabled." When this happens check: 1) That you have the cable correctly plugged into the printer. 2) That the printer is powered on. 3) That AppleTalk is off if you are using the Printer Port. ________________________________________________________________ Status Line Messages The status line (just above the Create File and Write File buttons) will display messages according to the table below: • Message No parameter settings file has been created. Condition(s) Displayed The file does not exist at startup. Recommended Action Use the Create File button to make the file. • Message A parameter settings file was created at (date) (time). Condition(s) Displayed The file exists or was just created. Recommended Action If you did not create a file for this printer, quit the program and delete the file "Parameter Settings" before proceeding. • Message The parameter settings file was written to the printer at (date & time). Condition(s) Displayed The file was written to the printer. Recommended Action none • Message An error occurred while reading the parameter settings from the printer. Condition(s) Displayed A serial error occurred while reading the parameters from the printer. Recommended Actions Check for a loose connection and retry the Create File command. Check to see if a modem is installed and turn it off or remove it from the system. • Message An error occurred while writing the parameter settings to the file. Condition(s) Displayed The file could not be created due to a file system error. Recommended Action Retry the Create File command. • Message Unable to write the parameters to the file. The disk is locked. Condition(s) Displayed The file could not be created because the disk is locked. Recommended Action Unlock the disk or copy the utility to a disk that can be written to. • Message Unable to write the parameters to the file. The disk is full. Condition(s) Displayed The file could not be created because the disk is full. Recommended Action Delete some files or copy the utility to another disk that has space available. • Message An error occurred while writing the parameter settings to the printer. Condition(s) Displayed A serial error occurred while writing the parameters to the printer. Recommended Action Check for a loose connection and retry the Write File command. • Message An error occurred while reading the parameters from the file. Condition(s) Displayed The file could not be read because of a file system error. Recommended Action Retry the Write File command. • Message Unable to read the parameters from the file. The file is empty. Condition(s) Displayed The file could not be read it is empty. Recommended Action Verify the size of the file it should be about 5 kB. Try running MTP Emergency to check the directory on your Macintosh. • Message The parameter settings were successfully written to the printer, but the file could not be deleted. Condition(s) Displayed The utility could not delete the file after writing the settings to the printer. Recommended Action Delete the "Parameter Settings" file manually. ________________________________________________________________ Operating Tips - Workarounds If the Macintosh that you are running this utility on has a modem installed, you must either turn it off or remove it from the system prior to running this utility. _______________________________________________________________ © Copyright Apple Computer, Inc., 1995 END OF FILE