HP 2420 HP LaserJet 2400 Series - Software Technical Reference (External) - Page 75
Macintosh operating systems, Remote firmware update through a local Windows port
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Software description 10 The download process begins and the firmware is updated on the product. This can take about five minutes. Let the process finish without further interaction with the product or the computer. NOTE The product automatically restarts the firmware to activate the update. At the end of the update process, the READY message appears on the control panel. 11 At the command prompt, type bye to exit the FTP command. 12 At the command prompt, type exit to return to the Windows interface. Macintosh operating systems 1 Take note of the TCP/IP address on the EIO-Jetdirect page. The EIO-Jetdirect page is the second page of the configuration page printout. To print a configuration page, see Determining the current level of firmware. 2 Open a Terminal window on your Macintosh. You can find the Terminal application on the computer hard drive in the Applications/Utilities folder. 3 Type FTP For example, if the TCP/IP address is 192.168.0.90, type FTP 192.168.0.90 4 Press Enter on the keyboard. 5 When prompted for a user name and password, press Enter. 6 Type put , where is the location where the .RFU file was downloaded from the Web, including the path. For example, type put /username/desktop/2410fw.rfu and then press Enter. NOTE If the file name or path includes a space, you must enclose the file name or path in quotation marks. For example, type put "/user name/desktop/2410FW.RFU". To ensure that the entire path to the .RFU file is placed in the put command, type put and a space, and then drag and drop the .RFU file onto the terminal window. The complete path to the file is automatically placed after the put command . 7 The download process begins and the firmware is updated. This can take about five minutes. Let the process finish without further interaction with the product or the computer. NOTE The product automatically restarts the firmware to activate the update. At the end of the update process, the READY message appears on the control panel. Remote firmware update through a local Windows port If the product is connected through a local port (parallel), then you can send the .RFU file directly to the product by using a COPY command from a command prompt or an MS-DOS window. At the command prompt, perform the following steps for your operating system. Technology background information 59