HP Color LaserJet 4730 HP Color LaserJet 4730mfp - Software Technical Referenc - Page 332

Engineering Details Windows 98 or Windows Me 1. From a command prompt or in an MS-DOS window, type the following: Mode lpt1:,,p NOTE If the product is attached to a parallel port other than LPT1, then substitute the correct LPT port number in the mode command. 2. Press Enter on the keyboard. The response you receive should be similar to these examples: > LPT1 Not Rerouted > Resident portion of MODE loaded > Infinite retry on parallel printer time-out 3. At a command prompt, type copy /b , where is the name of the .RFU file (including the path) and is the name of the appropriate product port (such as LPT1). For example, type the following: C:\>copy /b c:\4730MFPfw.rfu lpt1 NOTE If the file name or path includes a space, you must enclose the file name or path in quotation marks. For example, typeC:\>copy /b "c:\My Documents \4730MFPfw.rfu" lpt1 4. Press Enter on the keyboard. 5. The download process begins and the firmware is updated on the product. This can take several minutes. Let the process finish without further interaction with the product or the computer. The messages described in the section Printer messages during the firmware update appear on the control panel. NOTE The product automatically turns off and then on again to activate the update; this can happen more than once. At the end of the update process, the READY message appears on the control panel. Do not turn off the product or interfere with the update until you see this message. 6. Print a configuration page and verify that the firmware revision number matches the revision of the current update. 7. Type exit at the command prompt to close the command window. Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 The .RFU file can be sent directly to the product by typing a copy command at a command prompt or in an MS-DOS window. 310 Chapter 7 Engineering Details ENWW