User`s guide

The Cold Reset Procedure

The Cold Reset function is a procedure that performs the following actions:

• Sets both the printer’s and the NIC’s settings to their factory default values by clearing

their non-volatile RAM (NVRAM). This action also clears any NIC information set

by a user, such as the AppleTalk name and zone, the IP address, subnet mask, and

gateway address, and the NetWare print server name.

• Switches the NIC’s default state to the alternate set of protocols. The default state is

either “Enable only LAT protocol” or “Enable all protocols”. Each time you perform

the procedure, the NIC’s state toggles between these two states. The NIC Status page

shows you the NIC’s current state.

Because the Cold Reset procedure has such a widespread effect, use it when you are

planning to reconfigure both the printer and the NIC. For example, you might use the

procedure when you move the printer to a new site.

1. Turn the printer off and then on again to print the status pages. If the pages have been

disabled, you must enable and print them before you continue.

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Always print a NIC Status page and a printer Start-Up page before you perform

the Cold Reset procedure. Also, print a PCL Menus page if you use PCL.

These pages are your only record of the custom values.

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2. Turn the printer off.

3. Press the On-Line button on the Control Panel and turn on the printer at the same

time. Keep pressing the On-Line button until the display reads COLD RESET. Then

release the button.

The printer prints a new NIC Status page. Notice that the NIC’s set of enabled

protocols has changed. For example, if your first NIC Status page shows that all

protocols enabled, the new NIC Status page now shows that only the LAT protocol is

enabled.

4. If you want to return to the original set of protocols, turn off the printer and then

perform the Cold Reset function again: turn on the printer while holding the On-Line

button until the display reads COLD RESET.

5. Follow the instructions in the manual as if the NIC were a new card being installed for

the first time. Use the information on the status pages from Step 1 to configure the

NIC to the same settings, if desired.