How to create and send local printer setup utility files to the printer

Execute the Local Printer Setup Utility and make your changes to the printer settings. Once these settings have been defined, you can save them as a command file following the instructions below.

1. Click Actions at the top of your screen.



2. Select Save As Command File.



3. Enter a unique name for your command file or use the default name, settings.npa. Note: The extension must end with .npa.



4. Click Save to save the command file. You can save it to the directory where the Local Printer Setup Utility resides or choose another directory. The LPSU will create two files, offline.npa and settings.npa.



5. When finished, click FileExit to close the utility.

Downloading a command file (The default directory in the following example is c:\lexmark\settings.)

1. Open a command line session. To do this, go to Start > Run and type the following:

   • Windows 95 / 98 / Me:
   • command
   • Windows 2000 / XP / 2003:
   • cmd


2. Go into the directory where offline.npa and settings.npaare located. For example: c:\> cd c:\lexmark\settings



3. Send the files to the printer following the instructions below for the printer's mode of attachment.

   • Parallel attached printer:
   • Type the following and press ENTER:c:\lexmark\settings> copy offline.npa LPT1 /b(This takes the printer offline so that the settings contained in the command file can be applied.)
   • Immediately afterwards, type the following and press ENTER: c:\lexmark\settings> copy settings.npa LPT1 /b
   • USB attached printer:
   • Copy usbsend.exe into the c:\lexmark\settings directory as follows:
   • Windows 98 (Second Edition) / Me:
   • c:\lexmark\settings> copy c:\progra~1\Lexmark\LPSU\usbsend\usbsend.exe usbsend.exe
   • Windows 2000 / XP / 2003:
   • c:\lexmark\settings> copy c:\Program Files\Lexmark\LPSU\usbsend\usbsend.exe usbsend.exe
   • Type the following and press ENTER:c:\lexmark\settings> usbsend.exe offline.npa(This takes the printer offline so that the settings contained in the command file can be applied.)
   • Type the following and press ENTER:c:\lexmark\settings> usbsend.exe settings.npa
   • FTP
   • c:\lexmark\settings> ftp [ip_address_of_printer] (press ENTER. The plain text below appears on the computer screen). Connected to ip_address_of_printer 220 host_name type_of_printer FTP Server firmware ready.
   • User (ip_address_of_printer:(none)): (press ENTER) 230 User (none) logged in.
   • ftp> bin (press ENTER) 200 TYPE command successful
   • ftp> put offline.npa(press ENTER) 200 TYPE command successful 150 Opening BINARY data connection 226 Transfer complete. ftp: 53 bytes sent in 0.05Seconds 1.06KBytes/sec.
   • ftp> put settings.npa(press ENTER) 200 TYPE command successful 150 Opening BINARY data connection 226 Transfer complete. ftp: 53 bytes sent in 0.05Seconds 1.06KBytes/sec.
   • ftp> bye (press ENTER) 221 Good-bye.
   • Using MarkVision Professional:
   

   1. Open MarkVision Professional.

   

   2. Search for the printer you would like to change.

   

   3. Select your printer and click the down arrow under All Tasks.

   

   4. Click on Generic File Download.

   

   5. Click on Load and choose the offline.npafile.

   

   6. Select the file and click on the greater than sign (>).

   

   7. Click on Next.

   

   8. Find your printer and click on the greater than sign (>).

   

   9. Click on Finish.

   

   10. When the Downloading Files dialog box displays Complete, click on Close.

   

   11. Go through the same steps (1 - 10) to send settings.npa.



4. Print a Menu Settings Page to verify that the settings have been changed.

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