7197 Owner’s Guide Chapter 7: Reflashing the Printer Firmware
November 2002
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Chapter 7: Reflashing the Printer Firmware
Flash Utility Information
The following instructions provide information on how to use the Flash Utilities provided for the
7167, 7197, and 7401-K590 printers. These instructions cover the utilities provided for Windows
9x/NT/2000 GUI, Windows Command Line, and DOS.
The following are the files which comprise the utilities:
TseFlash.exe – Windows GUI version of the Flash Utility
TseFlash.com – Windows Command Line Flash Utility
Aflash.exe – DOS Command Line Flash Utility
help.bat – Batch file that causes TseFlash.com to display command line options.
msvcrt.dll – Windows system DLL used by TseFlash utility and distributed with it.
mfc42.dll – Microsoft Foundation Class Library DLL used by TseFlash utility and distributed
with it.
File Configurations
There are several different kinds of firmware loads that can be sent to the printer:
1. Boot Firmware
2. Main Firmware
3. Single Byte Font
4. Two Byte Receipt Font
5. Two Byte Slip Font
The Single Byte Font file has a file extension of .sfn. It is the font used for OEM Codepages such
as 437, 850, 858, etc. which require only a single byte of data to define the character to be printed.
The Two Byte Font files ( Separately Defined for Slip & Receipt ) have a file extension .dfn.
These are used to define Code Pages 932 – Japanese, 936 – Simplified Chinese, 949 – Korean, 950
– Traditional Chinese.
If is very rare for the Single Byte Font to have to be updated. Since there is only enough memory
in the printer for one of the Two Byte Fonts to be loaded at any time, the Two Byte Font will
typically need to be loaded prior to installation in the appropriate country.
The Font files both Single and Two byte should be loaded into the printer after the Boot and Main
firmware have been loaded.
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