SATO Argox D2 Series User manual

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Printer Tool
User Guide
D2、D4、O4、P4、I4、iX4 Series Printer
V1.0-02-10-2017

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Content
1 Printer Tool .............................................................................................................................1
1.1 Install Printer Tool ...........................................................................................................1
1.2 Work with Printer Tool ....................................................................................................4
1.2.1 Menu bar..................................................................................................................4
1.2.2 Toolbar .....................................................................................................................6
1.2.3 Navigation pane .....................................................................................................11
2 Update firmware ..................................................................................................................51
2.1 Update firmware in Printer Tool....................................................................................51
2.1.1 Update via the USB or COM port...........................................................................51
2.1.2 Update via the LAN or Multi-LAN port...................................................................56

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Printer Tool provides a user-friendly interface to configure your printer. You can
define properties, update firmware and send commands in Printer Tool.
1.1 Install Printer Tool
1. Insert the DVD into your DVD drive.
2. Locate the installation file on the DVD and click it.
3. In the Printer Tool dialog box, click Next.

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4. In this dialog box, follow the instructions to choose the installation path, and
then click Next.
5. In this dialog box, click Next.

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6. After the installation of Printer Tool is complete, click Close.

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1.2 Work with Printer Tool
Start Printer Tool. Its interface looks like this:
￭Menu bar It includes Printer Tool menus.
￭Toolbar It provides ports, port settings, emulation languages, printer dpi and
printer status.
￭Navigation Pane You can switch between the listed items to view their tabs.
￭Properties Pane You can view and manage printer properties or perform
tasks.
1.2.1 Menu bar
There are three menus in the menu bar: File, Setting and Help.

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File
￭Export Export your printer settings to an XML file, including all parameters,
port settings and firmware information.
￭Import Import printer settings from an XML file.
￭Exit Exit Printer Tool.
Setting
￭Auto Detect USB When you connect your printer to a computer with a USB
cable, Printer Tool automatically detects it and shows the USB information in
the Port Name and Port Information. By default, it is enabled.
￭Communication
It includes Write Timeout and Read Timeout. They determine how long your
computer (or other devices) waits printer’s response when it attempts to write or
read data to your printer. The default value is 15 seconds, meaning that the
computer waits 15 seconds, and displays an error message if it doesn’t receive any
response.
￭Progress Form

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When Add Date/Time information is enabled, the current date and time are
added into the message in the Download Firmware dialog box.
￭Language
It is the language of Printer Tool interface. You can select Windows’s System
Default, English,Traditional Chinese or Simplified Chinese. By default, it uses
your system default.
Help
￭Contents The help content of Printer Tool. You can press F1 to display it.
￭About The version and copyright information about Printer Tool.
1.2.2 Toolbar
The toolbar has two rows. The first row includes three items.
￭Input/Output Port The port you use for the data transmission between the
computer and your printer.
￭Setting You can click it to configure the port settings.
￭Port Name It shows the port name.

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￭Port Information It shows the port information.
Printer Tool provides five ports for data transmission.
￭USB
It shows the USB information in the Port Name and Port Information as soon as
the computer detects your printer. By default, the computer automatically detects
the USB port. You can select the printer you want if your computer is connected to
multiple printers via USB. Click Search to search the hot-plugging USB printer.
￭COM
It is the serial port and related to the COM tab in Parameter Setting. The settings
of the COM port need to be the same as those in the COM tab, except for Port
Name, which lets you select the COM port you want if your computer is
connected to multiple printers via COM. If you want to reset all of COM settings,
click Default.

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￭LPT
It is the parallel port and only supports simplex communication. That is, the
computer can send data to your printer, but your printer can’t send data back. You
can select the printer you want if your computer is connected to multiple printers
via LPT. The default LPT port is LPT1. If you want to reset the port, click Default.
￭LAN
It is the Ethernet port and related to the LAN tab in Parameter Setting. It supports
IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. For more information about setting up a network
connection, see Set up LAN connection, Set up IPv6 connection and Set up WLAN
connection.