Canon GP405, GP605, GP160, Gp-335, Gp-605v Service Bulletin gp405-24

SERVICE BULLETIN

Issued by Canon Europa N.V.

COPIER

MODEL:

NETWORK PRINTER BOARD-F1

No.: GP-GEN-024

(99-OIPD0-B0027)

Date: 07.05.99

LOCATION: SYSTEM SOFTWARE/USER SOFTWARE

SUBJECT: SYSTEM SOFTWARE V1.01A/USER SOFTWARE V1.01A/V1.01B

System Software V1.01A and User Software V1.01A/V1.01B of Network Printer Board-F1 (GP-F1)
were released.

REASON

Upgrade

History of System Versions

Service Bulletin Ver. No. Description

System Soft.

V1.01A

User Soft.

V1.01A/1.01B

GP-GEN-017 Ver. 1.01 Added specifications and modified defects

Ver. 1.00 New Release

Defects modified.

- Image Runner Support

- The defect caused when multiple GP F1
exist on the same network by Auto
Configuration was modified.

- Boot ROM upgrade

DETAILS

1. Here are the modifications in Network Printer Board-F1 System Software V1.01A as compared with
V1.01.

No. Item Description

1.1 Accented characters
appeared as Kanji
characters on the LCD panel

1.2 Very long Server names
together with long Apple
Talk queue names in some
languages caused only the
Hold queue being visible

1.3 System Version Number The version number was changed from V1.01 to V1.01A (LCD panel,

The defect that accented French and German characters used in text
names are displayed in Kanji characters on copier LCD was modified.

The defect that only Hold Queue appears in the Print Queue of Apple Talk if
a server name of GP PS-F1 is long (e.g. 21 characters) in some languages
(e.g. French) was modified.

Configuration Print and so forth).

COPIER - 2 - GP-GEN-024

2. Here are the modifications in Network Printer Board-F1 User Software V1.01A as compared with
V.1.01.

No. Item Description

2.1 Some DLL files do not
support European
languages internally

2.2 Auto Configuration does not
work under certain
environments due to an
error in creating the driver

2.3 Version Number The version number for the printer driver continues to be V1.01.

2.4 Others No modifications in Macintosh Printer Driver and Fiery Utility.

=NT4.0 PS Driver=
cngp60ui.dll, cngp60um.dll – These are the files that the language string
were in English only in V1.01, and needed to be localized, and it was
recompiled into the proper languages.
=Windows95/98 PS Driver=
Auto Configuration does not work when an address with 3 digits is entered
in the second octet in Auto Configuration using the IP address.
However, printing operates without a problem.
[Workaround]

- Use the Printer Driver V1.01B

- Use Manual Configuration

3. Here are the modifications in Network Printer Board-F1 User Software V1.01B as compared with
V1.01A.

No. Item Description

3.1 The defect of Auto
Configuration which does
not work in V1.01A was
modified

3.2 Version Number The version number of the printer driver continues to be V1.01.

3.3 No modifications in the NT4.0 PS Driver, Macintosh Printer Driver and Fiery

=Windows95/98 PS Driver=
Please note that in case 240 or more is specified in the first octet of the IP
address, Auto Configuration does not operate normally due to restrictions
existing in common with NetSpot dll.
Since the network with 240 or more specified for the first octet of the IP
address is called “Class E” and is used only in experimental environments
of Internet, no actual damage will be done in the user environment.

Utility.

COMBINATION OF ROMs

GP605/605P IP Ver. 4.06 or later
GP605/605P MFC Ver. 6.02 or later
GP F1 Boot ROM Boot Block: 1.4.49 Main Block: 1.4.49c
GP F1 System Ver. 1.01A

REMARKS

When you use the V1.01A/V1.01B printer driver, do not fail to remove the old version.

AFFECTED MACHINES

Under investigation

SERVICE PARTS

No modifications