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Ricoh Aficio MP171 - Items Required for Updating the Firmware; Update Procedure

Ricoh Aficio MP171
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2. Click [Control Panel].
3. Click [Hardware and Sound].
4. Click [Change when the computer sleeps].
5. Make sure [Put the computer to sleep] is set to "Never".
Follow the procedure below to check that the SNMP status is invalid.
Click [Printer (Driver) Property Setting] > [Port] > [Port Configuration] > uncheck [Enable SNMP
Status]
For procedures to check power options for other operating systems, refer to their respective Help.
Make sure the printer's power is turned on and the network or USB cable remains connected
during updates.
When operating in the recovery mode, connect the USB cable only and make sure that the printer
is not connected to the network.
Do not print any jobs or run applications that use the printer driver or SmartDeviceMonitor during
updates.
If you want to use the SmartDeviceMonitor port to update the firmware over a network, be sure to
clear the [Use Extended Features] check box of SmartDeviceMonitor for Client.
Check the engine boot version to update.
If an update is executed with wrong boot version, and when a recovery firmware update is
executed, the screen freezes with a message "Updating firmware... ". Besides, the update fails.
* The boot version is shown as numbers following the colon of the engine version. For example, the
boot version of "1.03:05" is "05".
When an engine firmware update is executed while the SC670-00 occurs, the screen freezes with
a message "Updating firmware...". Besides, the update fails.
Items Required for Updating the Firmware
USB cable or Ethernet crossover cable
In the recovery mode, only the USB cable can be used.
The controller firmware update tool
The engine firmware update tool ("Engine firmware serial number”.exe)
Update Procedure
Before you start updates, ensure the following:
The printer is connected to the computer with a USB cable or via a peer-to-peer network.
The printer driver of the printer for which you want to update the firmware is installed properly in
the computer.
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