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Chapter 3 Configuration Editor
Downloading Configurations
You may use the Configuration Editor to download into your printer any
configurations you have created. Open the configuration file you want to use,
then select
File Download To Printer to send individual configurations, all
configurations, or just the configuration names.
Downloading a configuration overwrites the corresponding configuration
currently stored in the printer. If you want to save the configurations currently
stored in the printer before overwriting them, upload them into the
Configuration Editor first, and then save them as a
.cfg file on your local hard
drive.
NOTE: Be sure to calibrate your thermal printer after you download a
configuration to it. See “Running Auto Calibrate” in the printer’s
User’s Manual .
NOTE: Downloading a configuration file does not immediately update the
printer’s active configuration. You must activate a downloaded
configuration using the Load Config. setting in the operator panel.
Refer to the printer’s
User’s Manual for details.
Uploading Configurations
The Configuration Editor can upload configurations from a printer. Select
File Upload From Printer . Once the configurations upload, you can save
them to a file. Now you can select another printer from the database and
upload its configurations. PNE prompts you to save the previously uploaded
configuration before the new configuration uploads.
Migration
Over time, menus and functions changed to reflect the new features of the
printers. Some printer features have been removed to provide better or more
complete printer features. Older saved configurations may have used these
removed features or contain settings that no longer exist or have been
modified in new printer firmware. This can cause potential problems when
downloading new printer firmware while preserving previously saved
configurations if the saved settings are not analyzed and adjusted to work
with the new firmware. This analysis and adjustment has been summarized
into one word: migration.
Transferring Saved Settings
Original Method
To ensure that your settings from the saved configuration are set correctly in
the printer: print out the old configurations, download the configurations to the
printer, print out the new configurations, and compare the old settings with the
new settings.
If you need to make changes: upload the configurations to the Configuration
Editor, make changes, and re-download to the printer.